I'm attempting to follow the tutorial on https://lvcharts.net/App/examples/v1/wpf/Material%20Design so that I can use "The Current Chart" chart to visualize CPU usage on a machine.
I have created a new default WPF application in Visual Studio Pro 2017. From there, I overwrote the contents of MainWindow.xaml and the codebehind with the code snippets from the tutorial. However, there are other prerequisite steps I'm missing because I have errors both in the xaml and the code behind citing missing assembly references, e.g.:
From xaml:
<Style TargetType="lvc:LineSeries"
The name "LineSeries" does not exist in the namespace "clr-namepsace:LiveCharts.Wpf;assembly=LiveCharts.Wpf"
From codebehind:
using LiveCharts;
The type or namespace name "LiveCharts" could not be find (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
I'm not completely inexperienced with WPF development, but I've never attempted to use non-standard elements before. Is there a general guide I can consult that fills in the gaps of how to utilize community solutions?
You need to download and reference the LiveCharts assemblies. The easiest way to do this is to use NuGet.
Select Tools->NuGet Package Manager->Package Manager Console in Visual Studio and run the following command in the Package Manager Console:
Install-Package LiveCharts.Wpf
This will download and reference the assemblies needed for you to be able to build the application.