Step 1 of 4: Creating an Application
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In this step, you'll create an application using ComboBox for WPF and Silverlight.
Complete the following steps:
- In Visual Studio, select File | New Project.
- In the New Project dialog box, select either Windows Desktop or Silverlight from the Templates in the left-hand pane.
New Project Dialog Box
- Select WPF Application or Silverlight Application, depending on the template you chose.
- Enter a Name for your project, for example "QuickStart", and click OK. In a WPF Application, the MainWindow.xaml file will open.
- If you selected a Silverlight Application, when you click OK, the New Silverlight Application dialog box will appear.
- Click OK to accept default settings. This will close the New Silverlight Application dialog box and create your project.
- The MainPage.xaml file should open.
- Add the following assemblies to your application by right-clicking the References folder and selecting Add Reference:
- WPF: C1.WPF.4.dll
- Silverlight: C1.Silverlight.5.dll
- In the Visual Studio Toolbox, locate the StackPanel control and double-click to add it to your page. Edit the StackPanel's properties to reflect the following:
- Width = "300"
- Height = "35"
- Orientation = Horizontal
- Locate the ComboBox control in the Toolbox and add two controls to the StackPanel by double-clicking the control. These two controls will be named, by default, combobox1 and combobox2.
- Edit combobox1's properties to reflect the following:
- Width = "150"
- Height = "35"
- Name = "Category"
- Edit combobox2's properties to reflect the following:
- Width = "150"
- Height = "35"
- Name = "Shows"
You have completed the first step of the quick start by creating a WPF or Silverlight project and adding two C1ComboBox controls to it. In the next step, you'll add items to the first C1ComboBox control.