Question

I need to create an utility where user can create their own data entry screen. The user should be able to drag and drop normal UI controls (TextBox, RadioButton, CheckBox, ListBox, ComboBox and Image) to any container and arrange them to fit their need. The user must be able to change the background and default values (for TextBox, ComboBox, etc). There should be an option to save the designed screen in either XML/XAML to be used for dynamic UI Creation.

Any suggestions on how to approach this scenario are greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I am also working on a similar project and we have used Canvas as designer surface; as done in this CodeProject article –

WPF Diagram Designer – Part 4
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/WPFDiagramDesigner_Part4.aspx

One more project based on this can be found at codeplex-

http://simulo.codeplex.com/