How to build a spreadsheet-like control in WPF?

I need to build a spreadsheet-like control in WPF

• I need to build a spreadsheet-like control in WPF. It does not need to have all the functionality of Excel. It needs to format text It needs to be able to merge cells together It needs to have pagination The form needs to be editable The text in each cell needs to be Drag and Dropable No numeric calculation is necessary It needs to neatly print to printers I need an idea of where to begin to implement this control. Thank you in advance

• Answer:

  You have a variety of options: Develop code yourself based on the http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.listview.aspx Use open source as a basis and adapt it to your needs: http://simplespreadsheet.codeplex.com/ Use a paid for option such as http://www.syncfusion.com/products/user-interface-edition/wpf/spreadsheet (This is something I came across and I am in no way advertising or endorsing the product) Given the complexity you may be best of actually paying for a product if the open source version is not suitable. Developing a control yourself will probably take a lot of time (~1+ weeks).