AddFlow for .NET

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Create interactive flowchart and workflow diagrams. Addflow for .NET lets you quickly build flowchart enabled applications like workflow diagrams, database diagrams, communication networks, organizational charts, process flow, state transitions diagrams, telephone call centers, CRM (Customer Relationship Management), expert systems, graph theory, quality control diagrams, etc. Addflow for .NET supports distinct colors, fonts, shapes, styles, pictures, text, and so on for each object of the flow chart diagram (node or link). Addflow for .NET also supports custom shapes, metafiles, serialization, multi-level undo/redo, print, zoom, Bezier and spline curves, reflexive links, link jumps, link autorouting, multiselection, scrolling, user data association and more. Visual Studio 2005 (VS2005, VS 2005) and Visual Studio .NET 2008 (VS2008, VS 2008) compatible. Royalty free redistribution and many samples included for Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) and C#.

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AddFlow for .NET V2.2

AddFlow for .NET

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What’s New in AddFlow for .NET V2.2?

Visual Studio .NET 2008 (VS2008, VS 2008) compatible

What’s New in AddFlow for .NET V2.1?

Enhancements

Substantial improvements have been introduced in the AddFlow for .NET serialization feature:

• Four new events allowing the serialization (and de-serialization) of custom nodes and links (objectsof a class derived from the Node or the Link class)
• The speed of the ReadXml and WriteXml methods is seriously improved

Additionally, the SendSelectionChangeEventproperty is introduced. (If it is false, the SelectionChange event is not fired)

What’s New in AddFlow for .NET V2.0?

• fully supports Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0. (Build for VS.NET 2003 also included)
• a parent-child relationship that allows assigning labels to nodes and links, docking nodes inside nodes or offering a new and easy way to group nodes
• support of the IXmlSerializable interface: WriteXml and ReadXml methods.
• new events (Selection event, serialization events)
• the option to use existing events programmatically
• the property bag allowing to easily add new properties to nodes and links
• enhancements in the undo/redo functionality which can be customized.
• and other minor enhancements (like the possibility to draw the printer page limits in the diagram)

MAIN FEATURES

General

• Drawings can be made interactively or programmatically
• Distinct shapes, styles, colors, font can be defined on a per item basis (for a node or a link) or as default properties for the control
• Supportof several collections allowing you to traverse the graph in many ways
• Many properties allowing customizing the control (CanDrawNode, CanMoveNode, CanMultiLink, etc...) or an item (XSizeable, YSizeable, XMoveable, YMoveable, Selectable, Stretchable, etc...)
• Interactivity and display facilities
• Multi selection
• Multi-level Undo/Redo
• Grid support
• Nodes stay connected when moved or resized
• Zooming
• Scrolling, drag scrolling
• Anti-aliasing
• OwnerDraw property to provide custom drawing for an item or for the entire AddFlow control
• Link autorouting via the free extension RouteFlow

Input/Output

• Printing and print previewing via the free extension PrnFlow. The C# source code of PrnFlow is provided
• Supportof the IXmlSerializable interface: WriteXml and ReadXml methods
• XML serialization also via the free extension XMLFlow. The C# source code of XMLFlow is provided
• Metafile exportation
• SVG exportation via SVGFlow: a class library allowing you to export the diagram in SVG format

Nodes

• 43 predefined shapes
• Custom shapes
• Ability to associate an image to a node
• Fill color, draw color, text color, gradient color
• Shadow
• In-place edition
• Autosize options
• Transparent nodes
• Hidden nodes
• Text alignment options
• Image positioning options
• Tooltip
• URL which can be used when the diagram is rendered to a Web page using SVG

Links

• 15 predefined arrow styles
• Custom arrow styles
• Draw color, text color.
• Shadow
• Stretchable links. A link can be composed of many segments. The user can interactively add or remove segments
• Curved links (Bezier and Spline)
• Jumps possible at the intersection of links
• Reflexive links
• Rigid links
• Hidden links
• Possibility to interactively change the origin node or the destination node of a link
• Tooltip
• URL which can be used when the diagram is rendered to a Web page using SVG

Automatic graph layout

AddFlow does not directly provide any automatic graph layout feature. However LayoutFlow, a set of 4 Graph layout components that can be added on:

• HFlow for .NET (hierarchical layout)
• OFlow for .NET (orthogonal layout)
• SFlow for .NET (symmetric force directed layout)
• TFlow for .NET (tree layout)

Notices:

HFlow, OFlow, SFlow and TFlow are AddFlow extensions and you cannot use them without AddFlow.

You can purchase LayoutFlow separately or included in the AddFlow Suite license