ComponentOne WPF Book is a UI component that renders content as if in a physical book or magazine. It allows developers to design fully customizable interfaces for WPF applications using XAML templates, enabling interactive navigation with realistic page-turning effects and shadowing.
Customizable UI with XAML Templates
Design and apply custom user interfaces for the book control using Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML). This makes altering the appearance and layout easy without writing additional code.
Left and Right Page Templates
Manage layout consistency through dedicated LeftPageTemplate and RightPageTemplate. These act as master pages letting you add elements like logos or watermarks appearing on all pages automatically.
Lookless Control Architecture
The book control is lookless, meaning its appearance is fully customizable by redefining control templates and styles.
Realistic Page-Turning Animations
Enhance user experience with smooth, natural page-turning animations and drop shadow effects that mimic turning pages in a physical book or magazine.
Style Property Support
Control the appearance of fonts and styles through dependency properties like FontStyle and Style, allowing dynamic visual updates and theming capabilities.
Interactive Item Presentation
Organize your application content into pages for improved readability and navigation, ideal for display of documents, catalogs, or other paged content structures.
Product Compatibility
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Component Type
.NET
.NET Version
.NET 10 LTS
.NET 9 STS
.NET 8 LTS
.NET 6 LTS
.NET 4.8 or earlier
.NET Platform
.NET Assembly
.NET Class
.NET WPF
IDE Support
Visual Studio
How to Buy
Available as part of ComponentOne WPF Edition and ComponentOne Studio Enterprise.
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