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Introduction

The Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a well-known graphics format developed and maintained by the W3C SVG Working Group. The SVG is designed to be used on the web, but the format is flexible enough for applications outside the web. Moreover, the format is exported and imported by most image editing applications, making it the ideal format for image file exchanges.

SVG is a markup language (an XML format) for describing two-dimensional graphics applications and images, and a set of related graphics script interfaces. With the script interfaces, it can be created and manipulated through JavaScript scripts.

The SharpVectors project aims to provide libraries and tools to parse, convert and view the SVG on Windows, especially on the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) platform.

Installation

The SharpVectors library currently targets the following .NET frameworks

  • .NET Framework, Version 4.0
  • .NET Framework, Version 4.5
  • .NET Framework, Version 4.6
  • .NET Framework, Version 4.7
  • .NET Framework, Version 4.8
  • .NET Standard, Version 2.1
  • .NET Core, Version 3.1
  • .NET 6.0 ~ .NET 8.0

The library consists of a number of shared or common components and rendering implementations for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows Forms applications.

For the Libraries

The library can be downloaded from the following sources

Note
  • The SharpVectors.Reloaded package is the same as the SharpVectors, which is the recommended package if you need the full package.
  • The SharpVectors.Reloaded name was used for the Nuget package at the time the SharpVectors package name was not available.
  • The SharpVectors.Reloaded package name will be retired in Version 2.0.
  • The SharpVectors.Wpf is the recommended package, for WPF only application.
  • As outlined in the roadmap, other packages such as the SharpVectors.Gdi for the GDI+, will be available as the renderers mature.

For the Applications

The following are related SharpVectors application repositories

  • SvgXaml : SharpVectors based SVG to XAML converter application.
  • SvgViewer : SharpVectors based SVG viewer application.

Getting Started

This section provides Getting Start information to help you get started.

Credits

SharpVectors uses source codes from articles and other open source projects. We wish to acknowledge and thank the authors of these great articles and projects

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