Purchasing a Blueprint subscription for Xceed Grid for WinForms gives you the complete C# source code to the Xceed.Grid.DLL, Xceed.Editors.DLL, and Xceed.Validation.DLL assemblies and also includes all the files required in order to compile and build them, as well as all the other benefits of a regular support and upgrade subscription. The source code is delivered in a separate installation kit from the main Xceed Grid for WinForms package, and is provided only to registered users that have purchased a Blueprint subscription.
The source code available through a Blueprint subscription contains valuable and proprietary trade secrets of Xceed Software Inc. and its use is strictly subject to the terms and conditions of the XCEED SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT included with the source code.
Only the source code required to build the Xceed.Grid.DLL, Xceed.Editors.DLL, and Xceed.Validation.DLL assemblies is included. These assemblies (along with the Xceed.UI.DLL assembly whose source code is not included) embody the complete runtime grid and are the only files registered users are permitted (and need) to distribute with their applications.
The source code to the Xceed.Grid.Design.DLL and Xceed.Editors.Design.DLL assemblies is not included, which contain the classes used to implement design-time services for the grid and editors in environments such as Visual Studio.NET, nor does it include the source code to the Xceed.UI.DLL, Xceed.Grid.Reporting, and Xceed.Pdf.DLL assemblies.
Note: All source code comments and remarks from the original development Xceed Grid for WinForms source code have been preserved in the source code to increase its value for educational purposes.
The three resource assemblies included with Xceed Grid for for WinForms (Xceed.UI.WindowsXP.Blue.DLL, Xceed.UI.WindowsXP.OliveGreen.DLL and Xceed.UI.WindowsXP.Silver.DLL) do not contain source code.
Registered users are permitted to distribute these resource assemblies along with their applications, with either the original or modified version of the assemblies.
To use the source code provided through a Blueprint subscription, simply run the Xceed.Grid.Blueprint.exe self-extracting zip file to unzip the source code files into the suggested folder or the folder of your choice and then load the Xceed.Grid.csproj file into Visual Studio.NET (2003 and above) and built the project.
The resulting assemblies does not have a "strong name" embedded into it, and so it is not possible to register it in the .NET Global Assembly Cache. Please refer to the Microsoft .NET documentation on how to assign a strong name to an assembly.
If you wish to distribute the assemblies you have built from the Blueprint subscription source code, it is strongly recommended that you rename the assembly to Xceed.[Name].Custom.DLL in order to make it identifiable to both you and Xceed as a corrected or modified version. Remember that distribution of Blueprint source code (whether compiled or in source code form) is strictly subject to the terms and conditions of the license agreement.
The Grid Designer will not function with custom-compiled assemblies.