Syncfusion Essential Diagram for Windows Forms

Please note: Syncfusion Essential Diagram insludes Windows Forms, Silverlight, WPF and ASP.NET components.

What’s new in Essential Diagram 2012 Volume 1?

• HTML 5 Diagram Modes - Essential Diagram has two HTML 5-enhanced modes: SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) mode and Canvas mode—which utilizes the CANVAS element. You can choose the mode that is best suited to your particular needs and required performance.
• Export to Image - The Diagram control can export the current layout in the diagram area to multiple image formats, specifically .jpeg, .bmp, and .png.
• Polyline Support - When in SVG mode, Essential Diagram can support polylines—multiple lines connected by intermediate points—for straight and orthogonal line connectors. The intermediate points in a polyline are visually represented as vertices.
• Printing Support - Essential Diagram gives you the ability to print a diagram layout when in SVG mode; this includes nodes, line connectors, custom shapes and custom content.
• Saving and Loading Diagram Edits - In SVG mode, the Diagram control can save and reload information regarding changes to nodes and line connectors to and from a database.
• Data Binding - Diagram data binding has been enhanced to support the ADO.NET Entity Model.

Syncfusion Essential Diagram for Windows Forms is designed to be a high-performance, modular, easy-to-use and easy-to-customize engine. Many of the classes and components in the library can be sub-classed, providing users the ability to extend and customize the library to meet their needs.

• Export Options
• Model-View-Controller
• Style-and-Property Inheritance

Syncfusion Essential Diagram for Windows Forms Node Linking
Essential Diagram comes with built-in shapes that let you link your diagram nodes and illustrate the work flow.

• End Point Decorator
• Line Routing and Line Bridging
• Link
• Port

Syncfusion Essential Diagram for Windows Forms User Interface Features
Essential Diagram comes with advanced user-interface features to provide end-users with a rich visualization experience. The user interface features highlighted in this section include Zoom and Pan, and Ruler.

• Ruler
• Wizard
• Zoom and Pan

Syncfusion Essential Diagram for Windows Forms Diagram Builder
Essential Diagram can be used to create a rich Visio-like diagram builder application. This framework provides many utility controls to help you put such an application together very easily.

• Document Explorer
• Layout Grid
• Pan and Zoom View
• Property Editor
• Serialization
• Undo Redo

Syncfusion Essential Diagram for Windows Forms Editing Tools
The comprehensive set of editing tools provided by Essential Diagram allows users to work interactively with the diagram control for diagram-building applications. Besides the built-in tools, custom tools can be defined and added to the diagram controller to provide custom functionalities.

• Align
• Layout
• Nudge
• Rotate
• Select
• Text Formatting
• View
• Z-Order

Syncfusion Essential Diagram for Windows Forms Scripting
Essential Diagram is integrated with the Essential Scripting Library to support diagram creation with scriptable interactivity. The framework also provides enhanced design-time support through a rich user interface for creating and editing scripts. The scripting feature allows end-users to define behaviors for diagram entities at run time using one of the supported scripting languages. The scripting languages currently supported are C#, Visual Basic .NET, and JScript .NET.

• Scripting Editor
• Scripting ToolBar
• Labels
• Node Hosting Control
• Shapes
• Symbols
• Text Nodes

Syncfusion Essential Diagram for Windows Forms Appearance
There are plenty of options for customizing the appearance of different portions of a diagram, letting you create professional-looking diagrams that reflect the style patterns commonly used in the business domain.

• Diagram Background
• Enable Shading
• Font Color Styles
• Layers
• Line Styles
• Node Fill Styles
• Selection Handle Styles
• Margin Support

Syncfusion Essential Diagram for Windows Forms Layout Management
The default implementation for all the common layout patterns is available in Essential Diagram. You can also customize existing layout techniques and implement new ones.

• Custom
• Directed Tree
• Hierarchic
• OrgChart Layout
• Radial Tree
• Symmetric
• Table Tree

Syncfusion Essential Diagram for Windows Forms Drawing Tools
There are several built-in drawing tools that let users add primitive shapes and lines to a diagram. This makes it easy to put together a rich diagram building environment.

• Bezier
• Closed Curve
• Curve
• Curve and Closed Curve
• Ellipse
• Ellipse and Polygon
• Image
• Line
• Line and Poly-Line
• Polygon
• Poly-Line
• Rectangle
• Rectangle and Rounded Rectangle
• Rich Text
• Rounded Rectangle
• Spline
• Spline and Bezier
• Text
• Text and Rich Text

Syncfusion Essential Diagram for Windows Forms Custom Symbols
Essential Diagram ships with a Symbol Designer Utility, which facilitates the creation of custom symbols. These symbols can be organized in various categories for ease of use. Furthermore, symbols can also be imported in the form of Microsoft Visio stencil files (*.vss files), which can be converted into Essential Diagram symbol palettes. These symbol palettes can also be edited and customized according to the needs of the user.

• Symbol Designer Utility
• Symbol Palettes
• Visio Stencil Import