Quick Start

This quick start will guide you through the steps of adding C1MultiSelect to a project and binding the control to a data source.

Complete the steps given below to see how the MultiSelect control appears after data binding.

1. Adding MultiSelect control to the Application

2. Binding MultiSelect to a list

The following image shows how the MultiSelect control appears after data binding.

Step 1: Adding MultiSelect control to the Application

1. Create a new WPF App in Visual Studio.

2. Drag and Drop the C1MultiSelect control from the toolbox onto the form. The following references automatically get added to the References.

   • C1.WPF.Input.4.dll

   • C1.WPF.4.dll

3. Open MainWindow.xaml and replace the existing XAML with the following code.

   <Window
   xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
   xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
   xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
   xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
   xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MultiSelectQS_WPF"
   xmlns:c1="http://schemas.componentone.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
   x:Class="MultiSelectQS_WPF.QuickStart" mc:Ignorable="d" Title="QuickStart"
   Height="386.701" Width="451.918" Loaded="Window_Loaded">
     <Grid>
           <c1:C1MultiSelect x:Name="mselect" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="21" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="316" Margin="40,79,0,0"/>
     </Grid>
   </Window>

Step 2: Binding MultiSelect to a list

1. Switch to the code view and add following code to Window_Loaded event.

   Dim addressBook As IList(Of String) = New List(Of String)() From {
     "John Doe <john.doe@hotmail.com>",
     "Nancy Simmons <nsimmons@gmail.com>",
     "Henry Crews <crewsrulez@ezmail.com>",
     "Patrick Smith <psmith1988@mail.ru>",
     "Carl Collins <cc1964@facebook.com>",
     "Melody Pond <riversong@ezmail.com>",
     "Rory Williams <rorywilliams1@yandex.ru>",
     "Tracy Hobs <hobhob@protonmail.com>",
     "Sam Powell <sam.powell@ezmail.com>",
     "Charlotte Marsh <c.marsh1998@yandex.ru>",
     "Amy Berry <amyberry@mail.ru>",
     "Dante Adams <d.adams@hotmail.com>",
     "Derrick Skinner <skinner487@protonmail.com>",
     "Christina Fallon <christina.wonder@hotmail.com>",
     "Adam Johnson <johnson.adam@yahoo.com>"
   }
   mselect.ItemsSource = addressBook

   IList<string> addressBook = new List<string>()
   {
      "John Doe <john.doe@hotmail.com>",
      "Nancy Simmons <nsimmons@gmail.com>",
      "Henry Crews <crewsrulez@ezmail.com>",
      "Patrick Smith <psmith1988@mail.ru>",
      "Carl Collins <cc1964@facebook.com>",
      "Melody Pond <riversong@ezmail.com>",
      "Rory Williams <rorywilliams1@yandex.ru>",
      "Tracy Hobs <hobhob@protonmail.com>",
      "Sam Powell <sam.powell@ezmail.com>",
      "Charlotte Marsh <c.marsh1998@yandex.ru>",
      "Amy Berry <amyberry@mail.ru>",
      "Dante Adams <d.adams@hotmail.com>",
      "Derrick Skinner <skinner487@protonmail.com>",
      "Christina Fallon <christina.wonder@hotmail.com>",
      "Adam Johnson <johnson.adam@yahoo.com>"
   };
   mselect.ItemsSource = addressBook;

2. Build and run the application.