How To Manually Add The Shared Phidgets Controls To The Visual Studio Toolbox

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Introduction

Usually the Shared Phidgets developer library components are added to the Visual Studio toolbox automatically (when the setup installs the toolkit). However, if for any reason the controls do not appear in the toolbox, just follow these steps to add the controls to the toolbox.

Adding the Shared Phidgets controls to the Visual Studio toolbox

First, start the Visual Studio IDE:

Next, open the toolbox window, and create a new tab by right clicking the free space of the toolbox, and selecting 'Add tab":

Set the name of the new tab: "Shared Phidgets"

Right-click on the new tab, and click "Choose items..."

In the dialog window, click the "Browse..." button, and select the location of the Shared Phidgets developer library (usually c:\Progam Files\GroupLab\SharedPhidgets\bin\GroupLab.SharedPhidgets.dll):

The available controls are added to the list view of imported controls. Click "OK" to add the controls to the toolbox.

Optional: The Shared Phidgets items will appear in the tab, but not in alphabetic order. For easier searching, right-click in the Shared Phidgets tab and select ''Sort Items Alphabetically' from the pop-up menu.

Finished: Now, the Shared Phidgets controls are available for programming of information appliances.