Features of MindFusion.Diagramming for WinForms

A comprehensive list with the most important features of the control divided into sections. You can find further details about the component's features at the "API Overview" section in the online help. If you need a feature that is currently not supported, you can request it here.

Overview

Redistribution is royalty free
Assembly is strong-named
Digitally signed
Is written in C#
Document / View Architecture
Can be purchased with source code

User Interaction

Several user interaction modes
Node modification constraints
Scrolling and zooming
Panning
Automatic scrolling while dragging objects with the mouse
Alignment to grid
Interactive node alignment
Multiple selection
Tool-tips
Docking points can be defined for nodes
Mouse button mapping
Undo/Redo support
Copy and paste to/from Windows clipboard
Magnifier tool

Programming

Programmatic access to the diagram objects and selections
Numerous properties for customizing appearance and behavior
Numerous utility methods
Path finding and cycle detection
Rich event set

Store and Retrieve Diagrams into/from

Files on disk
.NET streams
ASCII strings
XML documents

Output

To display via Windows Forms
Printing and print preview
Display graphs in 3D view
To browser via the utility WebChart library
Create bitmap images
Create HTML image maps

Import and Export

Import of Visio 2003 VDX files
Import of Visio 2013 VSDX files
Import of OpenOffice Draw ODG files
Export images in BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG formats
Export to Portable Document Format (PDF) files
Export to Drawing Exchange Format (DXF) files
Export Visio 2003 VDX files
Export to Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files
Export to Excel Open XML (XLSX) format files
Export to WMF format
Export to SWF (Adobe Flash) format

Diagram Elements

Control hosts allow using .NET controls as diagram nodes
More than 100 predefined node shapes
Map nodes
Tables with unlimited number of rows and columns
BPMN (Business Process Management Notation) shapes
Merge of table cells
Container Nodes
Custom diagram item types
Arrows can comprise multiple segments
Arrow segments can be straight lines or curves
Assign diagram items to layers
Display maps from ESRI shapefiles

Only in Diagramming for WinForms Professional Edition

Behavior

Tables can be scrolled
In-place text editing
Ability to set selection handles behaviour
Lock diagram elements
Expand / collapse of object hierarchies
Read-only mode supported
Dynamic positioning of arrows relative to linked nodes

Automatic Layout

Layered graph layout
Anneal layout
Simulated annealing graph layout
Spring-Embedder graph layout
Radial layout
Directional tree layout
Grid layout
Orthogonal graph layout
Circular graph layout
Swimlane layout
CascadeLayout algorithm
TriangularLayout algorithm
HierarchicalLayout algorithm
CompositeLayout
FractalLayout
One-way graph layout
Tree map layout
Decision flowchart layout
Automatic arrow routing

Appearance

Node visual effects
Various text alignment styles
Text can be laid-out in polygonal areas
Styled HTML-like text formatting
Different styles for visual indication of a selected object
Z-order
Nodes can display images and text
Customizable fonts and colors
Rich choice of pen and brush styles
Ability to define custom node shapes
Shape libraries
User-assigned mouse cursors
Custom painting of nodes
Shadows
Arcs over link intersection points
Transparent nodes
Invisible nodes
Barcode nodes
Map nodes
Swimlane diagrams
Styles and themes
More than 40 predefined themes

Diagram Structure

Link nodes to nodes
Link table rows to table rows
Link table rows to nodes
Unconnected arrows

Hierarchical Grouping

Attaching objects (nodes/tables) to other objects
Attaching objects to arrow control points
Attaching objects to arrow segments

Auxiliary Controls

Overview control
Ruler control
Shapes toolbar
ShapeListBox control
Node list control
Layer list control
Zoom control

Diagramming for WinForms