By default, Spread for WinForms installs the following files to the program files directory on your system:

Install Directory	File	Description
\GrapeCity\Spread.NET 12	-	Company directory for installed products
\GrapeCity\Spread.NET 12\Common	-	Directory for files common to GrapeCity products
\GrapeCity\Spread.NET 12\Docs\Common	-	Documentation files for the Formula Reference

Spread for WinForms files:

Install Directory	File	Description
\GrapeCity\Spread.NET 12\Docs\Windows Forms	-	Documentation files for Spread for WinForms
\GrapeCity\Spread.NET 12\Windows Forms\	-	Product directory
\v12.x\Bin	-	Product files
	FarPoint.CalcEngine.dll	Formula assembly (For Backward Compatibility)
	FarPoint.Excel.dll	Excel file compatibility assembly
	FarPoint.PDF.dll	Spread PDF assembly
	FarPoint.PluginCalendar.WinForms.dll	Calendar control assembly
	FarPoint.Win.dll	Base Windows Forms assembly
	FarPoint.Win.Chart.dll	Spread Chart Windows Forms control assembly
	FarPoint.Win.Chart.Design.dll	Spread Chart Designer assembly
	FarPoint.Win.Design.dll	Base Windows Forms design assembly
	FarPoint.Win.Spread.dll	Spread control assembly
	FarPoint.Win.Spread.Design.dll	Spread designer assembly
	FarPoint.Win.Spread.Html.dll	Spread control assembly for exporting to HTML
	FarPoint.Win.Ink.dll	Spread Ink assembly
	FarPoint.Win.TextRenderer.dll	Spread Text Renderer assembly
	FarPoint.Localization.dll	Localized resource assembly for Chinese and English
	GrapeCity.CalcEngine.dll	Formula assembly
	GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.dll	Spreadsheet core engine assembly
	GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.Win.dll	Spreadsheet integration assembly
	GrapeCity.Win.PluginInputMan.Design.dll	Input Man Designer assembly
	GrapeCity.Win.PluginInputMan.dll	Input Man assembly
	policy.12.0.FarPoint.Win.dll policy.12.0.FarPoint.Win.config	Spread Windows policy files
	policy.12.0.FarPoint.Win.Spread.dll policy.12.0.FarPoint.Win.Spread.config	Spread policy files
	policy.12.0.FarPoint.Win.Chart.dll policy.12.0.FarPoint.Win.Chart.config	Spread Windows policy files for Chart
	policy.12.0.GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.dll policy.12.0.GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.config	Spreadsheet policy files
	FarPoint.SpreadDesigner.exe	Spread Designer executable
	FarPoint.SpreadDesignerAnyCPU.exe	Spread Designer executable for x64 and other environments
	SpWinREDIST.msm	Merge module for redistributing a project using Spread for WinForms
	ExcelCompatibility.imp	Load key map API
	XML files	Text for IntelliSense support in Visual Studio .NET
\Localization	Resource folders and files	Satellite language assemblies
\v12.x\Skins	-	Directory for user-created sheet skins
\v12.x\ChartXml	-	Chart sample files
\v12.x.x\SampleExplorer	-	Sample project files
\v12.x.x\Samples	-	Sample project files

 

The Spread for WinForms controls are shared assemblies; therefore, these DLLs are also added to the global assembly cache (GAC) during installation. The FarPoint.Win.Spread.Design.dll (the Spread Designer assembly) and FarPoint.Win.Ink.dll are also added to the GAC. The FarPoint.Win.TextRenderer.dll is not installed to the GAC. Add this DLL as a project reference in order to use it with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 or later.

If you want to take advantage of the ink capabilities of Spread Win, you will need to install the runtime components of the Microsoft Tablet PC SDK. The FarPoint.Win.Ink assembly is currently built with version 1.7 of the Microsoft Tablet PC SDK.

For more information about the satellite language assemblies, see Resource Assemblies.

Special thanks to the SharpDevelop Team for allowing us to use the SharpZipLib file compression library. You may download the modified SharpZipLib source code used in the Spread Excel assembly for xlsx file compression from GrapeCity.

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