wpfMap1.MapUnit = GeographyUnit.DecimalDegree;
 
            Proj4Projection proj4Projection = new Proj4Projection();
            proj4Projection.InternalProjectionParametersString = "+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=117 +k=0.9996 +x_0=500000 +y_0=10000000 +a=6377397.155 +b=6356078.963 +towgs84=-404.78,685.68,45.47,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs  no_defs";

            proj4Projection.ExternalProjectionParametersString = Proj4Projection.GetEpsgParametersString(4326); //Geodetic (Longitude/Latitude)

          
            ShapeFileFeatureLayer mytown = new ShapeFileFeatureLayer(@"C:\Map\shoreline.shp");
            mytown.ZoomLevelSet.ZoomLevel01.DefaultLineStyle = LineStyles.ContestedBorder1;
            mytown.ZoomLevelSet.ZoomLevel01.ApplyUntilZoomLevel = ApplyUntilZoomLevel.Level20;
            mytown.DrawingMarginPercentage = 100;
            LayerOverlay staticOverlay = new LayerOverlay();
            staticOverlay.Layers.Add("SingaporeStreet1", mytown);
             GeoDbf LineName = new GeoDbf(@"C:\Map\shoreline.dbf");
            int Colno = LineName.ColumnCount;
            for (int j = 1; j <= Colno; ++j)
                LineName.GetColumnName(j);
           
            mytown.Open();
            wpfMap1.CurrentExtent = mytown.GetBoundingBox();  // this is to make the map fit into its bounding box

            mytown.Close();
           wpfMap1.Refresh(); 
// nothing happens after the last statement! Why? Anything wrong with the InternalProjectionParametersString?
// Or does MapSuite 4.5 wpf desktop support this kind of Mercator Transformation?