The PocketNerd WizardEngine (Pwiz Engine) provides a powerful, simple, and consistent way to create Windows Forms based Wizards that can be launched:

1) As a modal (WizardContainer.ShowDialog) or non-modal (WizardContainer.Show) dialog from within your own Application. This is useful when a Wizard is used to perform a specific task within an Application such as connecting to a database

2) As a standalone executable that runs in its own process, just like any other Application. This is useful when the Wizard is executed to complete a specific, succinct task from the Start menu or within Windows Explorer

3) As a Custom Wizard from within the Visual Studio.NET IDE. This is useful when a rich Graphical User Interface (GUI) or more powerful Application Programming Interface (API) is required rather than the standard VS.NET WizardEngine.

More importantly, each of the three types of Wizard above is implemented in exactly the same way and requires minimal 'boilerplate' Wizard coding to be used. All of the coding required to create a Class Library, Windows Application or Visual Studio.NET based Wizard is the business specific code that pertains to the Wizard and, once you know how to create a Pwiz Engine Wizard, you can create all three kinds of Wizard with ease. In fact, it is possible to use exactly the same Wizard in each of the three Wizard types just by changing how the Wizard is launched!

Of course the Wizard User Interface is highly customizable in all three of the supported languages (C#, VB.NET and J#). Additionally, it couldn’t be easier to work with the PocketNerd WizardEngine with Visual Studio.NET integrated Help, designer integration and Wizards for quickly creating a new Pwiz Engine Wizard.