Getting Started with Infragistics® NetAdvantage® for .NET (CLR 2.0)
Running the Toolbox Utility


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The easiest way to add all of the tools available in the NetAdvantage for .NET toolkit to your Visual Studio .NET toolbox is to run the Create Visual Studio Toolbox Tab utility.

To run the Toolbox Utility:

  1. Close all running instances of Visual Studio .NET.
  2. From the Windows Start menu, navigate to the utility as follows:

    Start > All Programs > Infragistics > NetAdvantage for .NET 2008 Vol. 1 CLR 2.0 > NetAdvantage for .NET Tools > Create Visual Studio Toolbox Tab

  3. The utility installs the NetAdvantage for .NET controls and components in the Visual Studio toolbox.

    Keep in mind that the installation of the controls and components is dependent on the NetAdvantage for .NET product that is installed. For example, if you install only the NetAdvantage for Windows Forms product, the utility installs only the NetAdvantage for Windows Forms controls and components. If you install both NetAdvantage for Windows Forms and NetAdvantage for ASP.NET products, the utility installs the controls and components for both products.

    If the utility installed the controls and components for both Windows Forms and ASP.NET products, in Visual Studio, you can choose to show the tabs for both products by right-clicking anywhere in the toolbox, and selecting "Show All Tabs".

Note: If Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server Management Studio Express (CTP) is installed, and you run the Create Visual Studio Toolbox Tab utility, you will encounter an error because SQL Server overwrites registry settings. For more information on this known issue and the (cautionary) workaround, see the Knowledge Base article, Toolbox Utility Fails to Load (CLR 2.0), on Infragistics' DevCenter.
Related Topics

Using the Choose Toolbox Items Dialog Box

Dragging Assemblies from the Bin Folder