Markup rendering sample

Markup UI Framework for ActiveX

Version 24.3.0

Codejock Markup brings XAML-like declarative UI, layout, drawing, controls, resources, transforms, and theme-aware extensions to Windows desktop applications.

Markup is included in Suite Pro for ActiveX

Included with Suite Pro Support and maintenance options

See What's New in v26 Beta

Markup Features

Markup brings XAML-like layout, drawing, controls, resources, and transforms to native Windows desktop interfaces.

Markup UI

Declarative Interface Building

Compose native Windows interfaces with markup-defined layout, content, controls, shapes, and transforms.

  • Markup Rendering — Create rich native interface content from concise XAML-style markup.
  • Layout Panels — Arrange content with canvas, dock, grid, stack, uniform-grid, and wrap panels.
  • Text, Images, and Shapes — Combine formatted text, images, paths, lines, polygons, and geometric shapes.
  • Input and Content Controls — Build buttons, check boxes, radio buttons, scrolling views, and hyperlinks.
  • Styles and Resources — Reuse setters, triggers, resource dictionaries, and static extensions.
  • Transforms — Apply translate, rotate, scale, skew, and matrix transforms to rendered elements.
Markup-rendered native Windows interface
Markup interface connected to native application behavior
Developer Services

Parsing and Interaction

Connect declarative content to native application behavior and rendering services.

  • XAML-Style Parser — Parse markup strings and resources into a native visual element tree.
  • Routed Input Events — Handle mouse, keyboard, cursor, and wheel events through the element tree.
  • DPI-Aware Rendering — Render markup through GDI or GDI+ device contexts at the active scale.
  • Script Integration — Expose markup elements and events to the toolkit scripting bridge.
Supported Platforms and Environments

Broad compatibility across Visual Studio, Windows desktop, and Windows Server releases — from modern environments to legacy deployments.

Development Platform

Development environments

  • Visual Studio 2026
  • Visual Studio 2022
  • Visual Studio 2019
  • Visual Studio 2017
  • Visual Studio 2015
  • Microsoft Access
  • Visual Studio 2013
  • Visual Studio 2012
  • Visual Studio 2010
  • Visual Studio 2008
  • Visual Studio 2005
  • Visual Studio .NET 2003
  • Visual Studio .NET 2002
  • Visual Basic 6.0
Windows Desktop

Client operating systems

  • Windows 11
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 7
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Me
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 98 SE
  • Windows 98
  • Windows 95
Windows Server

Server environments

  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Server 2003 R2
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows NT 4.0