Thank you for downloading the WinRT XAML controls from Actipro Software. This set of products includes our renowned code editor control and its add-ons, common data type editors, a powerful set of full-size charts, micro charts / sparklines, and bar codes used to create visually-appealing dashboards, grids, and reports. More control products are on the way in the future!
The products you've downloaded or copied are fully functional versions. By using them, you are placed under the terms of the Evaluation License (see the EULA). The "Licensing" product documentation topic provides more details on licensing and how to apply licenses after purchase.
Under this Evaluation License, you may only use the products for evaluation purposes and for a period of 30 days, after which you must either remove all files associated with the products or purchase developer licenses for each developer on a project that use the products. The Evaluation License may render a watermark in the background of various controls, which is removed once fully-licensed.
While the SyntaxEditor code editing control allows full-featured editing in its Windows variant, the Windows Phone variant only allows for read-only viewing of code.
Licenses for the products may be purchased securely on-line using any major credit card on the Actipro web site. Volume discounts, Site/Enterprise licenses, and Blueprint (source code) licenses are also available.
Each single developer license allows a single developer to work with the licensed product beyond the evaluation period and enables them to distribute any of the files marked as Redistributable royalty-free. Please remember that each developer on a project using a product requires a license for that product.
To install these products and run a sample app:
The control products can be used in your own applications by adding a reference to the appropriate "Actipro WinRT XAML Controls" extension SDK. One is installed for use in "Windows Apps" and one for use in "Windows Phone Apps".
To get started, open a Windows Store app project in Visual Studio. In the Visual Studio "Add References" dialog, expand out "Windows/Extensions" (in the left treeview) and add the "Actipro WinRT XAML Controls" SDK to your project.
After the "Actipro WinRT XAML Controls" SDK has been added as a reference to your project, the Actipro .dlls and other resource files will automatically be copied to your application's output folder and will be uploaded when you go to publish your app. For more information on how to embed your license into your application, please read the detailed "Licensing" topic in the product documentation.
When you own a license for an Actipro WinRT XAML bundle or product, you are licensed to redistribute all files that are part of the Actipro WinRT XAML Controls SDK with your application. That being said, you are only licensed to use the functionality of various products based on which bundles/products you have licensed. This chart shows the products that may be used based on the bundles/products for which you own licenses:
Products |
Bundles/Products Licensed |
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WinRT XAML Studio | Bar Codes | Charts | Editors | Micro Charts | SyntaxEditor | Views | |
Bar Codes | Yes | Yes | - | - | - | - | - |
Charts | Yes | - | Yes | - | - | - | - |
Editors | Yes | - | Yes | - | - | - | - |
Micro Charts | Yes | - | - | - | Yes | - | - |
SyntaxEditor | Yes | - | - | - | - | Yes | - |
SyntaxEditor .NET Languages Add-on | No * | - | - | - | - | No * | - |
SyntaxEditor Python Language Add-on | No * | - | - | - | - | No * | - |
SyntaxEditor Web Languages Add-on | No * | - | - | - | - | No * | - |
Views | Yes | - | - | - | - | - | Yes |
Shared Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
* Add-ons marked with an asterisk are sold separately from SyntaxEditor and its containing bundles. See the documentation for more details on licensing these add-ons.
Complete documentation is available in the "Documentation.chm" HTML Help file. We also recommend looking at the source code of provided sample projects and their QuickStarts since they make use of much of the products' functionality.
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