ZeroUI.Wpf.Media 1.12.0

ZeroUI ⚡

Ultra-High-Performance, Zero-Allocation Industrial UI & Runtime Ecosystem for .NET (WinForms, WPF, .NET 8/9 & Edge)

📸 Interactive Live Showcase

⚡ 1,000,000 Rows Smooth Virtual Scroll (Zero-Alloc)	🎨 Creative & Media Editors Suite

🔍 Excel-Style Column Distinct Filter Header (v1.8.1)	🏭 SCADA Closed-Loop Workcell

⚡ Performance Benchmarks: ZeroUI Grid vs Native Controls

Headless and interactive stress-test verified on .NET 8.0 (x64, Intel Core i7 / 144Hz):

📖 Executive Summary

ZeroUI is an enterprise-grade industrial automation UI suite and runtime engine. Engineered to overcome the severe handle leaks, garbage collection pauses, and screen flicker common in standard desktop controls, ZeroUI renders millions of rows and real-time telemetry at 60 FPS with zero managed memory allocations.

Core Architectural Pillars

• Strictly Zero Allocation (Zero-Alloc): Hot render loops generate 0 bytes of GC churn using Span<T>, ArrayPool<T>, and unmanaged DIBSection memory buffers.
• Single-HWND Architecture: Composite controls maintain 1 Win32 window handle, completely eliminating OS handle exhaustion crashes (10,000 handle limit) and window flicker.
• Win32 Memory DC DIBSection Engine: Offscreen unmanaged double buffering with zero-copy BitBlt presentation (100% resilient across RDP and virtual machines).
• Enterprise Dual-Runtime Support: Full native compatibility with .NET Framework 4.6.2 as well as modern .NET 8.0 / 9.0.
• Unified Theme Engine: Instant reactive switching between Obsidian Dark Mode (#12151C) and Clean Light Mode across all controls.
• Industrial Security & Identity Management Suite (v1.11.0): Decoupled enterprise authentication, role-based authorization (RBAC), multi-modal login (Username/Password, quick PIN, RFID/NFC hardware badge dongle), on-screen touch virtual keyboard (ZVirtualKeyboard), idle timeout heartbeat monitor with auto-lock screen overlay (ZLockScreenOverlay), user management console (ZUserManager), visual permission matrix (ZRoleMatrix), declarative RBAC extender (ZAuthorizeExtender / ZAuthorize), and 21 CFR Part 11 audit log viewer (ZOperationLogViewer).
• Enterprise Extended Controls Suite (v1.10.1): 21 comprehensive production controls covering async autocomplete, command palettes, notification drawers, ISA-18.2 alarm summaries, calendars, cron builders, gauge & bubble charts, signature pads, JSON/code/markdown editors, tree views, and manufacturing timelines.
• Interactive Guided Tour & Onboarding Engine (v1.10.0): Native spotlight aperture cutout masking (Region.Exclude / CombinedGeometry.Exclude), semi-transparent glass backdrop dimming, collision-free adaptive popovers, and full keyboard navigation across WinForms and WPF (ZTour).
• Specialized Creative & Forensic Inspection Media Suite (v1.10.0): High-performance vector defect tagging with direct bitmap burning (ZAnnotationCanvas), optical precision metrology caliper (ZMeasurementRuler), dynamic screen-capture security stamps (ZWatermarkOverlay), GPU-accelerated video playback (ZVideoPlayer), symmetrical audio waveform scrubbers (ZAudioWaveform), and document straightening/binarization (ZDocumentDeskew).
• Specialized Analytics & Business Charts Suite (v1.9.0): Clean Architecture with 100% platform-neutral mathematical engines in ZeroUI.Core.Analytics and lightweight hardware rendering layers for WinForms and WPF (HistogramChart, ScatterChart, SunburstChart, LollipopChart, TreemapChart, SankeyChart, BulletChart, ParetoChart).
• Creative & Media Controls Suite (v1.8.0 / v1.9.1): Direct-rendered, high-performance visual editors for digital imaging, raw photography, inspection, and video grading cleanly segregated in ZeroUI.Wpf.Media and ZeroUI.WinForms.Media (ZImageViewer, ZPictureEdit, ZCurveEditor, ZColorWheel, ZCompareViewer, ZHistogramScope, ZCropBox, ZMiniMapNavigator, ZMaskGizmoOverlay, ZHistoryTimeline, ZFilmstripScroller, ZDominantPalette, ZExifTelemetryCard, ZBatchTaskQueue, ZThumbnailGrid, ZTokenPatternEditor).
• Centralized 60 FPS Clock (ZeroAnimationClock): Single global ticker with synchronized ISA-18.2 blinking phases, eliminating timer scatter.

🎛️ Enterprise Extended Controls Suite (v1.10.1)

ZeroUI delivers 21 fully implemented, production-ready enterprise controls across Windows Forms and WPF, adhering to strict single-HWND architecture, zero-allocation theming, and comprehensive test coverage:

🛡️ Industrial Security & Identity Management Suite (v1.11.0)

A decoupled, enterprise-grade authentication, role-based authorization (RBAC), touch HMI, and compliance audit suite engineered specifically for 24/7 industrial runtime environments and multi-operator manufacturing stations:

📚 Technical Documentation & Guides

In-depth technical specifications and architectural documentation are modularized within the docs/ directory:

🏷️ Canonical Z* Control Naming Standard & Collision Prevention

To prevent ambiguous reference collisions (CS0104) with native WinForms and WPF controls (such as System.Windows.Forms.Panel, GroupBox, Button, Label, TextBox), ZeroUI establishes a clean architectural separation:

• Foundational Engine & Infrastructure: Prefixed with Zero (ZeroTheme, ZeroDpi, ZeroFontCache, ZeroIcons, ZeroAnimationClock, ZeroLocalizer).
• Canonical UI Controls Suite: Standard controls adopt the Z prefix (ZPanel, ZGroupBox, ZMenuBar, ZButton, ZLabel, ZCheckBox, ZRadioButton, ZTextBox, ZProgressBar, ZTabControl, ZSplitContainer, ZGrid, ZChart, ZImageViewer, ZJsonEditor, ZTimeline).
  • Zero Collisions (CS0104): Guarantees zero naming conflicts when developers import both System.Windows.Forms and ZeroUI namespaces.
  • Instant IDE Discovery: Simply typing Z in the IDE immediately surfaces the complete ZeroUI component palette.
  • Full Theme Synchronization: All Z* controls automatically inherit ZeroTheme dark/light modes, rounded corner styles, and High-DPI scaling.
  • 5-Release Deprecation Wrappers: Previous class names (PanelControl, GroupControl, MenuBarControl, SimpleButton, TextEdit, and legacy Zero* shims) are retained as backward-compatibility wrappers with [Obsolete] warnings and will be maintained across 5 minor release cycles before pruning.

📦 Package Matrix

⚡ Quick Start: 1,000,000 Rows Virtual Grid (WinForms)

using System.Windows.Forms;
using ZeroUI.WinForms.DataGrid;

// Instantiate high-performance virtual grid (ZeroGridControl legacy alias also supported)
var grid = new GridControl
{
    Dock = DockStyle.Fill,
    RowDensity = GridRowDensity.Normal,
    AllowUserSorting = true
};
this.Controls.Add(grid);

// Define strongly-typed columns
grid.Columns.Add(new GridColumn("Id", "ID", 100));
grid.Columns.Add(new GridColumn("Timestamp", "Timestamp", 180));
grid.Columns.Add(new GridColumn("Temperature", "Temp (°C)", 140));

// Bind 1,000,000 rows procedurally with 0 bytes GC allocation
grid.SetProceduralDataSource(rowCount: 1000000, (rowIndex, colIndex) =>
{
    return colIndex switch
    {
        0 => (object)rowIndex,
        1 => DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(rowIndex).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"),
        _ => (25.0 + (rowIndex % 100) * 0.1).ToString("F1")
    };
});

👉 Explore Full Control Catalog & Code Samples

🧪 Testing & Quality Assurance

# Run comprehensive automated test suites (804 tests, 100% pass across Core & Desktop UI)
dotnet test ZeroUI.slnx

# Launch interactive demonstration suites via quick launcher
./run-demo.bat
# or directly via PowerShell:
pwsh -File scripts/run-demo.ps1 -Target Both

📜 Release History

🌐 Part of the ZeroPlatform Ecosystem

ZeroUI is the user interface and SCADA visualization pillar of the ZeroPlatform suite — unifying 12 sovereign subsystems including ZeroGraphics, ZeroPipeline, ZeroTensor, ZeroComm, and ZeroStorage.

🏛️ Ecosystem Architectural Alignment

ZeroUI is a sovereign member of Tier 5 (Presentation & Orchestration) within the ZeroPlatform industrial automation ecosystem.

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Tier 5: Presentation & Orchestration (ZeroUI)            │
└────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┘
                             │ consumes
              ┌──────────────┼──────────────┐
              ▼              ▼              ▼
┌───────────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ ┌───────────────────┐
│ Tier 0: Primitives│ │ Tier 1: Data │ │ Tier 4: Graphics  │
│ (ZeroPrimitives)  │ │ (ZeroData)   │ │ (ZeroGraphics)    │
└───────────────────┘ └──────────────┘ └───────────────────┘

• Upstream Ingestion: Consumes Tier 0 foundational primitives (ZeroPrimitives.Core 1.3.0), Tier 1 high-speed columnar data buffers (ZeroData.Core 1.3.0), and Tier 4 GPU/2D rendering infrastructure (ZeroGraphics.* 1.5.0).
• Strict DAG Conformance: Zero references to orchestrators or applications.
• Packaging & CI/CD: Standardized under Company = ZeroPlatform, Authors = Phong Võ, <ZeroTier>5</ZeroTier>.

📄 License & Author

Released under the permissive MIT License.
Architected and developed by Phong Võ.