Library for using SVG in Windows Forms / WPF?

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Are there any libraries which

Allow to draw svg direct to a Windows Forms application
to a WPF application

I draw graphics and design everything with Inkscape, because I love that program. Then I have those stunning svgs and have to either export them to png (WinForm) to use them or convert them to xaml-code (WPF) (Kaxaml helps me).

Is there a way to directly use my svgs?

Xn0vv3r · Answer 1 · 2009-01-22T08:29:04.067

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Wow, I just read that Inkscape supports saving as XAML. I didn't realize that up to now shame.

But that still doesn't solve my problems with WinForms...

edited Jan 22 '09 at 08:29

answered Jan 22 '09 at 07:16

Xn0vv3r

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unfortunately it is not yet ready, it is going to be implemented and hopefully it will be out with version 0.47 of Inkscape – Drake Feb 26 '09 at 16:58
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Save as XAML is implemented in 0.48 (possibly earlier). – Greg Sansom Jul 27 '11 at 05:09

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 23 '09 at 19:49

I personally hate how there's no native support for SVG in Microsoft's products/development tools. I've found two fairly complete but still immature SVG libraries that seem to be active as of this writing, definitely in need of contributors though.

WPF : Svg2Xaml (open source)
WinForms : SVG rendering engine (open source)

IIRC both libraries output a Drawing object which can be used directly through the Image class; You'll figure it out, they're both pretty straightforward to use.

I want to add this tool to the list: https://github.com/BerndK/SvgToXaml I wrote it, because I wasn't satisfied with the other tools, sure it is also open source. — BerndK, May 07 '15 at 19:32

score 6 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 09 '20 at 10:50

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If you want to load them directly into WPF, I got better results from: https://github.com/ElinamLLC/SharpVectors

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Andy Dent · Answer 4 · 2020-01-08T22:48:23.707

Yes, you can use ReaderSVG from AB4D to get WPF directly from XAML.

Regarding WinForms, removed a previous link to Kent Boogart's example as it was deleted sometime in 2019.

Copy below from this dotnetways post

To host a WPF control or WPF user control (wpfControl in this example) into Windows Form application, create an instance of ElementHost Class and add your WPF control/user control as child to the instance of ElementHost.

    using System.Windows.Forms.Integration;   
    //Assembly:   WindowsFormsIntegration (in WindowsFormsIntegration.dll) 

//...

    ElementHost elementHost = new ElementHost();  
    elementHost.Dock = DockStyle.None;  
    elementHost.Child = wpfControl;

Now, add the instance of ElementHost to a container control in your windows form (for instance containerPanel here)

    containerPanel.Controls.Add(elementHost);

Library for using SVG in Windows Forms / WPF?

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