Step 1 of 4: Creating an Application

In this step, you'll create an application using ComboBox for WPF.

Complete the following steps:

1. In Visual Studio, select File | New Project.

2. In the New Project dialog box, select the Windows Desktop Template in the left-hand pane.

   
   

   
   

   
   

   New Project Dialog Box

3. Select WPF Application.

4. Enter a Name for your project, for example "QuickStart", and click OK. In a WPF Application, the MainWindow.xaml file will open.

5. Add the following assemblies to your application by right-clicking the References folder and selecting Add Reference:

   • WPF: C1.WPF.4.dll

6. 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

7. 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.

8. Edit combobox1's properties to reflect the following:

   • Width = "150"

   • Height = "35"

   • Name = "Category"

9. 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 and adding two C1ComboBox controls to it. In the next step, you'll add items to the first C1ComboBox control.