ComponentOne WPF Edition
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Quick Start
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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.

MultiSelect for WPF control

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.
    XAML
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    <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
  2. Build and run the application.