FlowChart.NET 5.2.1

You can quickly learn to use FlowChart.NET thanks to the detailed documentation and the examples available in a variety of programming languages. FlowChart.NET offers numerous features, which range from XML serialization and path-finding to automatic layout algorithms and PDF export.

FlowChart.NET can give graphical presentation to:

• Workflow processes;
• Object hierarchies and relationships;
• Graphs and networks;
• Entity-relationship / database diagrams;
• IVR systems;
• Industrial automation processes;
• Genealogy trees;
• Algorithms and flowcharts;
• Organizational charts;
• XML documents;
• Classification hierarchies;

The reliability of the component is guaranteed by the numerous tests performed with different programming platforms and languages each time a new version is released. The component is used by some of the world's biggest organisations and companies and by hundreds of smaller businesses.

FlowChart.NET comes in two editions - standard and professional. The features page lists the difference between them. FlowChart.NET presents a simple interface, which makes programming with the component easy.

Major Features:

1. Royalty free redistribution   

• Strong-named assembly
• Digitally signed
• Written in C#
• Document / View Architecture
• Source code available for purchase
  

2. User Interaction

• Several user interaction modes
• Node modification constraints
• Scrolling and zooming
• Panning
• Automatic scrolling while dragging objects with the mouse
• Alignment to grid
• Multiple selection
• Tool-tips
• Docking points can be defined for nodes
• Mouse button mapping
  

3. 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
  

4. Store and retrieve diagrams into/from   

• Files on disk
• .NET streams
• ASCII strings
• XML documents
  

5.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
  

6. Import and Export   

• Export images in bmp, jpeg, gif, tiff, png formats
  

7. Diagram Elements   

• Control hosts allow using .NET controls as diagram nodes
• 87 predefined node shapes
• Tables with unlimited number of rows and column
• Merge of table cells
• Container Nodes
• Custom diagram item types
• Arrows can comprise multiple segments
• Arrow segments can be straight lines or curves
  

8. 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

9.Automatic Layout

• Radial layout   
• Directional tree layout
  

10.Appearance   

• 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
• Swimlane diagrams
  

11.Diagram Structure

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

12.Hierarchical grouping

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

Requirements:

• .NET framework 2.0 or higher version