Library for using SVG in Windows Forms / WPF?

Question

Are there any libraries which

1. Allow to draw svg direct to a Windows Forms application
2. 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?

Answer 1

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...

Answer 2

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

Kent Boogaart has a nice example of using a little WPF inside WinForms which would help you solve the WinForms aspect.

Answer 3

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.