The LEADTOOLS WPF Class Library is designed as a standard WPF .NET Class Library. You should be able to use the LEADTOOLS WPF Class Library with any compiler or authoring tool that supports WPF, including Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008, and Expression Blend.

Most of the LEADTOOLS example programs and all of the documented code examples are for Windows programs written using XAML and C# or VB.NET.

For more information refer to the following topics:

Tutorials.

Files to be Included with Your Application

Applications created using LEADTOOLS WPF assemblies are fully compatible with Microsoft ClickOnce technology. ClickOnce, supported under Visual Studio, allows developers to deploy applications easily via a web server, rather than via an installer. This allows for rapid, simple updates by re-publishing the application. The application can be configured so that when run from the client, it will automatically check and download available updates. Refer to MSDN for a ClickOnce tutorial.

When deploying LEADTOOLS SDK applications, remember to add all LEADTOOLS file filter dlls that you plan to support as references. If this is not done, the ClickOnce deployment tool will not deploy them to the client machine. For a list of required file filter dlls, refer to: Files to be Included with Your Application.

See LEADTOOLS Microsoft Click Once Technology for online examples of LEADTOOLS demos published using ClickOnce.