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Startup Guide

Thank you for choosing TeeChart .NET Professional Edition. What follows is a number of useful links and explanations on the recommended usage of TeeChart.

Extensive documentation and tutorials for the use of the TeeChart API can be found at the Steema documentation site.

Steema's online forums at support.steema.com are read-only for evaluation-version users and read-write for registered-version users.

Steema's github page contains a number of demonstration applications which were designed to work with TeeChart Professional and which can be cloned or downloaded from here and here. TeeChart Professional can also run the demonstration applications produced for TeeChart Standard and which can be cloned or downloaded from here.


Car Dashboard Car Dashboard Chart written in C# for the WPF.
Standard Series Standard Series Chart written in C# for the UWP.

How to deliver the TeeChart License to a development machine

The TeeChart Professional edition uses a small app called TeeCalc_Lic to deliver the TeeChart License to a development machine.

The following tutorials in gif format are designed to help with the details of how to use the app in differenct circumstances.


Activate over the internet
How to use the TeeCalc_Lic app to deliver the TeeChart.licenses file to a development machine with an active connection to the internet.
Deactivate over the internet
How to use the TeeCalc_Lic app to deactivate the TeeChart.licenses file on a development machine with an active connection to the internet.

How to install/use the TeeChart License

The TeeChart Professional edition uses a license file to activate the evaluation version, removing the watermark displayed on evaluation version charts.

The following tutorials in gif format are designed to help with some common tasks relating to the license. Choose a platform and view the tutorials 'How-to' and more.

Checking your license information

Please follow this link to check your license information.


Windows Presentation Framework runtime license
How to add the TeeChart.licenses file to a Windows Presentation Framework project for runtime licensing
The TeeChart.licenses file should be installed as an embedded resource in your Windows Presentation Framework project.
Universal Windows Platform runtime license
How to add the TeeChart.licenses file to a Universal Windows Platform project for runtime licensing
The TeeChart.licenses file should be added to your Universal Windows Platform platform with 'Build action' as 'content' and 'copy to output directory' set to'copy always'.
Windows Form design surface
How to add TeeChart .NET for Professional to a Windows Form design surface
The TeeChart.licenses file should be installed as an embedded resource in your Windows Form project.
Windows Form runtime license
How to add the TeeChart.licenses file to a WinForm project for runtime licensing
Designtime license
How to enable the TeeChart.licenses file for designtime licensing
Use the environment variable, LICENSE_PATH, set to the folder path to the teechart.licenses file to enable the TeeChart license at designtime.
WebForm license
How to enable the TeeChart.licenses file for a Web Forms (or other ASP.NET) application
The TeeChart.licenses file should be installed as an embedded resource in your Web Forms (or other ASP.NET) project.
Silverlight license
How to enable the TeeChart.licenses file for a Silverlight application
The TeeChart.licenses file should be installed as a content resource in your Silverlight project and a reference to DH.Scrypt should be added.