How to run WPF samples from Syncfusion® Essential Studio

18 Nov 20182 minutes to read

Prerequisites

  • Essential Studio® for WPF must be installed. See the Installation topic for setup steps.
  • To open sample source from the Sample Browser, a supported edition of Visual Studio must be installed. See System Requirements for supported versions.
  • Running samples requires a Syncfusion runtime license key. See Licensing for details on registering a license key.
  • The offline and online samples target either .NET Framework or .NET (formerly .NET Core). Refer to the Syncfusion WPF release notes for the specific framework versions supported by each sample set.

Syncfusion® WPF Controls Panel

To explore Syncfusion® WPF controls and components, open the Syncfusion WPF Controls Panel by typing “Syncfusion WPF” in the Windows Start menu search and clicking the matching result.

WPF Control Panel Search

Alternatively, open the Control Panel from the following installed location:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\WPF\34.2.2\Infrastructure\Launcher\Syncfusion WPF Control Panel.exe

The path above uses the latest Essential Studio® version. Refer to the installed Essential Studio® version instead of the one mentioned.

Syncfusion WPF Controls Panel

WPF Sample Browser

To explore the locally installed demos, click Run Local Demos and select either .NET or .NET Framework, which will open the WPF Sample Browser.

Syncfusion WPF Sample Browser

Offline Samples

The offline samples are available at the following installed location, where you can make changes and further explore the controls:

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Syncfusion\WPF\34.2.2\

The offline samples can also be explored directly from the Syncfusion<sup>&reg;</sup> WPF Sample Browser and opened in Visual Studio by running the required sample and selecting Open source code in Visual Studio.

Exploring Syncfusion WPF Samples from Syncfusion WPF Sample Browser

If a sample fails to load, ensure the file is unblocked (right-click the file > Properties > check Unblock) and that the target .NET Framework / .NET SDK and Visual Studio version are installed.

Offline showcase samples

To explore any individual showcase sample from the Syncfusion<sup>&reg;</sup> WPF Sample Browser, click Explore Demo Source and navigate to the showcase folder.

Exploring Syncfusion WPF Showcase Samples

To run the individual control demos, refer to the instructions in Running Individual Control Demos.

Online Samples

Online samples let you explore Syncfusion® WPF controls without installing the full WPF Studio. Samples are available from the Microsoft Store (installed demo browser) and from the GitHub repository (clone and build).

Microsoft Store demo browser

  • Download and install the .NET Framework demos from the Microsoft Store.
  • After installation completes, launch the installed Syncfusion WPF Sample Browser app from the Windows Start menu.

Download showcase demos from online

See the repository’s README for the required .NET SDK / Visual Studio version.

  1. Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/syncfusion/wpf-demos.git
  1. Open the solution in Visual Studio.
  2. Restore NuGet packages (the public nuget.org feed is sufficient).
  3. Build and run the desired sample project.
  4. Register a Syncfusion runtime license key if prompted — see Licensing.

Online showcase samples

You can explore the showcase demos from the GitHub WPF demos showcase folder.