Name-Based Grid
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Name-Based Grid is a WPF grid panel that uses arbitrary names rather than integer indices to refer to columns and rows.

Learn more on the project page: http://namebasedgrid.codeplex.com/

Note that this is a beta version.

Obtaining Binary Versions
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Download a binary package from CodePlex.

Alternatively, you can get the binary versions from NuGet:
http://www.nuget.org/packages/NameBasedGrid

Compiling the Source Code
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Download the source code form CodePlex, extract the archive and build
the solution. Tested on SharpDevelop 4.4.1 with .NET 3.5.

The libraries were tested on .NET 4.0 on Windows 7 64 bit.

How to Use it
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There are two example applications using the control provided along with the
project. Their C# source code is included in both the source and the binary
releases of Name-Based Grid.

A complete API reference of the library can be downloaded from
CodePlex as a CHM file.

For any questions or suggestions, visit the bug tracker:
http://namebasedgrid.codeplex.com/workitem/list/basic
or the forum:
http://namebasedgrid.codeplex.com/discussions
Feel free to let me know if you use this library in any of your projects, if
you like.

License & Credits
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Name-Based Grid is published under the terms of the MIT license:

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.

People who have contributed to Name-Based Grid:
 * Florian Haag [fhaag@users.sourceforge.net] (code)