Step 1 of 3: Creating a WPF Application

In this step you'll create a WPF application in Visual Studio using OutlookBar for WPF.

To set up your project and add a C1OutlookBar control to your application, complete the following steps:

1. In Visual Studio, select File | New | Project. Note that Visual Studio 2010 is used to complete the steps in this quick start.

2. In the New Project dialog box, select a language in the left pane (in this example, C# is used), and in the templates list select WPF Application.

3. In the .NET Framework drop-down list, select .NET Framework 3.5 or later.

4. Enter a Name for your project and click OK. The New WPF Application dialog box will appear.

5. Uncheck the Host the WPF application in a new Web site box, if necessary, and click OK. The MainWindow.xaml file opens.

6. In the XAML window of the project, place the cursor between the <Grid> and </Grid> tags and click once.

7. Navigate to the Toolbox and drag the C1OutlookBar icon in between the <Grid> tags to add the C1OutlookBar to MainWindow.xaml. The XAML markup will now look similar to the following:

   <Window xmlns:c1="http://schemas.componentone.com/winfx/2006/xaml"  x:Class="WpfApplication17.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
       <Grid>
         <c1:C1OutlookBar />
       </Grid>
   </Window>

In the next step, you will add C1OutlookItems to the C1OutlookBar.