Actipro Wizard provides a powerful framework for developing wizard dialogs in WPF that follow the Aero Wizard and Wizard97 specifications. Features include multiple page types, easy page sequencing, selection change processing, theming, templating, animated page transitions, VS 2008 designer support, and much more.

Wizard has been designed from the ground up to follow WPF best practices, be extremely configurable, and dramatically cut down on the time needed to implement a robust wizard dialog. From simple linear sequences of pages to more advanced decision-based page execution paths, Wizard can handle it all. It provides an amazing number of features that make the design and run-time experience for the developer and end user a positive one.

Page and Button Features

• Multiple built-in page types (exterior, interior, blank).
• Page captions and descriptions that display in the header area of the page.
• Page titles that can be used to update the title bar of the containing Window.
• Multiple options for automated updating of the containing Window title bar text.
• Global default settings for all button visibility and enabled states that can be overridden by page-specific settings.
• Toggle button visibility and enabled states at run-time via code.
• Uses WPF command model for handling all button clicks.
• Multiple options for setting the default and cancel buttons on the containing Window to wizard buttons.
• The Cancel and Finish buttons can set the appropriate Window.DialogResult and close the containing Window. This behavior can be changed.
• Lazily initialize pages if needed.

Appearance Features

• Numerous built-in animated page transition effect options, everything from simple fades to wedge wipes.
• Ability to create custom page transition effects.
• Randomly choose between multiple transitions or write custom logic to choose transitions for each page change.
• Page transition duration and effect direction options.
• Page transitions capable of reversing for backwards progress through pages.
• An Aero Wizard style that mimics the wizards found in Windows Vista.
• Vista-like command buttons that can be used in Aero wizards or anywhere else.
• Built-in default styles and templates for exterior and interior pages.
• Ability to create custom styles and templates for any page as well as override defaults.
• Ability to create custom styles and templates for the button container area to completely change its look and/or contents.
• Ability to use custom button container templates to do things like align the Help button on the right side, or show the Finish button in the same space as the Next button.
• Create completely custom page designs.
• Create WPF-based slide show presentations using Wizard.

Navigation Features

• WPF commands defined for going to the next or previous pages.
• WPF commands for jumping forward to or backwards to a specific page, as indicated by its direct reference, name, or index.
• Any wizard command can be assigned to custom controls such as Buttons, Hyperlinks, or MenuItems.
• Default page sequencing which visits pages in their order by index can be overridden to support decision-based branching of page execution paths.
• The next and previous pages for each page can be explcitly set by a direct reference, name, or index.
• Two types of backwards progress page sequencing, normal and stack-based.
• Disable pages to have Wizard skip over them when using default page sequencing.
• Ability to programmatically get/set the selected page by reference or index.
• Process selection changing/changed events at the general Wizard or WizardPage-specific levels.
• Selection change events specify what caused the change, which pages are changing, and allow you to cancel the change or choose a new destination page.
• Validate data on a page in the selection changing event.
• Differentiation between forward and backward progress through wizard pages.
• Easily navigate through pages using the mouse and/or keyboard forward/back buttons.

Layout, Globalization, and Accessibility Features

• Adheres to the Aero Wizard and Wizard97 specification.
• Easily create wizard user interfaces in XAML markup.
• All parts of the wizard use automatic layout so that they are capable of growing as needed.
• Right-to-left support is fully integrated for languages such as Hebrew or Arabic.
• All text properties use localization attributes.
• Follows the WPF accessibility model for UI automation.

Code and Requirements

• Includes detailed documentation and a sample project that demos nearly every feature.
• Written in 100% pure C# and is based on the Windows Presentation Foundation framework.
• Requires the .NET 3.0 or 3.5 run-time framework.
• Full XAML support and XBAP compatibility.
• Extensive Visual Studio 2008 designer capabilities.
• Visual Studio 2008 and/or Expression Blend are recommended development tools for this product.

Part of Actipro WPF Studio
This product can be purchased individually or as part of the Actipro WPF Studio control suite bundle.

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