src/MayShow.Shared/App.axaml

@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@
         <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type viewModels:SettingsViewModel}">
             <views:SettingsView/>
         </DataTemplate>
+        <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type viewModels:StartNewChooseReportViewModel}">
+            <views:StartNewChooseReport/>
+        </DataTemplate>
     </Application.DataTemplates>
     <Application.Resources>
         <ResourceDictionary>

src/MayShow.Shared/MayShow.Shared.csproj

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
       <PrivateAssets Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Debug'">All</PrivateAssets>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="PDFsharp-MigraDoc" Version="6.2.4" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU" Version="14.10.4" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU" Version="14.11.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Deadpikle.AvaloniaProgressRing" Version="0.10.11-preview20251127001" />
     <PackageReference Include="DialogHost.Avalonia" Version="0.10.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="Xaml.Behaviors.Interactions.DragAndDrop.DataGrid" Version="11.3.9.5" />

src/MayShow.Shared/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class MainViewModel : ChangeNotifier, IChangeViewModel
     public MainViewModel(ITopLevelGrabber topLevelGrabber)
     {
         _viewModels = new Stack<BaseViewModel>();
-        var initialViewModel = new CreatePDFReportViewModel(this)
+        var initialViewModel = new StartNewChooseReportViewModel(this)
         {
             TopLevelGrabber = topLevelGrabber
         };

src/MayShow.Shared/ViewModels/StartNewChooseReportViewModel.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#nullable enable
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Avalonia.Platform.Storage;
+using Avalonia.Themes.Fluent;
+using DialogHostAvalonia;
+using ImageMagick;
+using MigraDoc.DocumentObjectModel;
+using MigraDoc.Rendering;
+using PdfSharp.Fonts;
+using PdfSharp.Pdf.IO;
+using PdfSharp.Snippets.Font;
+using MayShow.Interfaces;
+using MayShow.Models;
+using MayShow.Helpers;
+
+namespace MayShow.ViewModels;
+
+class StartNewChooseReportViewModel : BaseViewModel
+{
+    private string _creatingReportTitle;
+    private ObservableCollection<string> _savedReports;
+
+    public StartNewChooseReportViewModel(IChangeViewModel viewModelChanger) : base(viewModelChanger)
+    {
+        _creatingReportTitle = "";
+        // TODO: load existing reports
+        _savedReports = [];
+        for (var i = 1; i <= 100; i++)
+        {
+            _savedReports.Add("Report " + i);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public string Version
+    {
+        get => Constants.AppVersion;
+    }
+
+    public string CreatingReportTitle
+    {
+        get => _creatingReportTitle;
+        set { _creatingReportTitle = value; NotifyPropertyChanged(); }
+    }
+
+    public ObservableCollection<string> SavedReports
+    {
+        get => _savedReports;
+        set { _savedReports = value; NotifyPropertyChanged(); }
+    }
+
+    public void StartReport()
+    {
+        // TODO: make sure there is a folder and everything set up for this report
+        ViewModelChanger.PushViewModel(new CreatePDFReportViewModel(ViewModelChanger)
+        {
+            ReportTitle = CreatingReportTitle
+        });
+        CreatingReportTitle = ""; // when user comes back they can start another new report
+        // TODO: add to existing reports list
+    }
+
+    public void LoadExistingReport()
+    {
+        // TODO: load data and send to create PDF report view model
+    }
+
+    public void DeleteExistingReport()
+    {
+        // TODO: warn user, delete if they want to proceed
+    }
+}

src/MayShow.Shared/Views/StartNewChooseReport.axaml

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<UserControl xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
+             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
+             xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+             mc:Ignorable="d"
+             d:DesignWidth="800"
+             d:DesignHeight="450"
+             x:Class="MayShow.Views.StartNewChooseReport"
+             xmlns:models="clr-namespace:MayShow.Models"
+             xmlns:vm="clr-namespace:MayShow.ViewModels"
+             xmlns:dialogHost="clr-namespace:DialogHostAvalonia;assembly=DialogHost.Avalonia"
+             x:DataType="vm:StartNewChooseReportViewModel">
+    <Grid ColumnDefinitions="100, *, 100"
+          RowDefinitions="Auto, Auto, Auto, Auto, Auto, *">
+        <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center"
+                   FontSize="36"
+                   FontWeight="Bold"
+                   Margin="0,16,0,0"
+                   Grid.Column="1"
+                   Grid.Row="0">
+            MayShow <Run Text="{Binding Version}"/>
+        </TextBlock>
+        <Image Source="avares://MayShow/Assets/MayShowIcon.png" 
+               Width="125"
+               Margin="0,24,0,0"
+               HorizontalAlignment="Center"
+               Grid.Column="1"
+               Grid.Row="1" />
+        <Label Content="Start New Project"
+               HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+               FontSize="18"
+               FontWeight="Bold"
+               Margin="0,24,0,0"
+               Grid.Column="1"
+               Grid.Row="2"/>
+        <Grid HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
+              ColumnDefinitions="*, Auto"
+              Margin="0,8,0,0"
+              Grid.Column="1"
+              Grid.Row="3">
+            <TextBox Watermark="Report Title"
+                     Classes="clearButton"
+                     Text="{Binding CreatingReportTitle}"
+                     VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
+                     HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
+                     TextWrapping="Wrap"
+                     Margin="0,0,16,0"
+                     Grid.Column="0" />
+            <Button Command="{Binding StartReport}"
+                    Classes="accent"
+                    Grid.Column="1">
+                <TextBlock>
+                    <Run Text="&#xe494;"
+                        FontFamily="{StaticResource FontAwesomeSolid}" /> Create and Start Report</TextBlock>
+            </Button>
+        </Grid>
+        <Label Content="Load Existing Project"
+               FontSize="18"
+               FontWeight="Bold"
+               HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+               Margin="0,16,0,0"
+               Grid.Column="1"
+               Grid.Row="4"/>
+        <ScrollViewer Margin="0,8,0,8"
+                      Grid.Column="1"
+                      Grid.Row="5"
+                      VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible"
+                      AllowAutoHide="False"
+                      HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled">
+            <ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding SavedReports}">
+                <ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
+                    <DataTemplate>
+                        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
+                            <TextBlock Text="{Binding}" />
+                            <!-- TODO: buttons to load, delete reports -->
+                        </StackPanel>
+                    </DataTemplate>
+                </ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
+            </ItemsControl>
+        </ScrollViewer>
+    </Grid>
+</UserControl>

src/MayShow.Shared/Views/StartNewChooseReport.axaml.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+using System;
+using Avalonia;
+using Avalonia.Controls;
+using Avalonia.Markup.Xaml;
+
+namespace MayShow.Views;
+
+public partial class StartNewChooseReport : UserControl
+{
+    public StartNewChooseReport()
+    {
+        this.InitializeComponent();
+    }
+}