A frequent requirement for many kinds of diagrams is to keep their underlying graphs acyclic. If your application lets users draw diagrams interactively, you could prevent forming a cycle by rejecting new link between a pair of nodes that are already connected by a path.
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Save and Load Part of Diagram Data to/from JSON Files
In this blog post we will demonstrate how you can implement methods that save and load part of the information that a diagram renders into JSON format. The Diagram class has built-in toJson and fromJson methods. They serialize completely the diagram with every detail so you can restore it completely, exactly the way you see it. What we are going to do is write custom save and load methods that use only part of the information – namely the size and location of nodes and links as well as their text.
Building ListView-like TableNode-s with Blazor Diagram
In this blog post we look how you can create TableNode that render their cells following the logic of a list view: the tables have as many table columns and rows as needed in order to fit their content. The width of each column is fixed. When necessary, tables can be scrolled vertically. This is the final result:
Running MindFusion ASP.NET MVC Diagram Under a Linux Server
In this blog post we are going to look at the steps required to run the MindFusion Diagramming library for ASP.NET MVC under a Linux server.
Diagramming for WinForms 7.0 Beta
We have released the new FlowChart.NET for public beta testing a few weeks ago. Diagramming for WinForms V7.0, as its the official name, offers some appealing new features. The most eye-catching is certainly the ability to animate nodes or the entire diagram.
Animations
Nodes can be animated in a variety of ways.
