I am running Visual Basic 2008 express edition. My controls toolbox is empty. There are also no properties for the form controls on my project. Just blank. I have removed the .net framework v2.0. I had the .net framework v3.5 installed at the time, and thought I didn't need the older version (v2.0). Do I need v.2.0 for the tools? If so, where can I get a copy? What's the filename called?
View 2 RepliesThis just started happening yesterday. When I open the toolbar or properties windows (I have them pinned to the sides) there's nothing in them. I thought it was a setting that had been altered, but when I closed VS and re-opened it, they were there again. But now it's happening today and they're empty even if I reload. When I open the toolbar bar it just says 'There are no usable controls in this group...' (that's the general group, i.e there are no controls at all).
View 2 RepliesThis illustration shows how I'm trying to get 2 vb.net user controls into the toolbox to use on a c# form. In toolbox Select Items I see the items checked but clicking OK or Reset doesn't make them appear in the toolbox. How do I do that? somehow the controls appeared in the Toolbox, but they're greyed out and unavailable.
View 3 Replieswhere i can download some free toolbox controls for Windows Form for .NET?
Ive had a look around and im a student and cant afford the typical 1000 dollar lisences?
How can I add controls to a form in code and set the properties of the controls using the With statement?Also I would like to know how to add a container control and then add a control to that container.
View 2 RepliesI'm trying to write a routine which will produce a list of the values of some of the properties for every control that I've placed on a form. I can do this manually by looking up the names of each of the controls, but I'd rather use a construct like this -for each formname as string in xxxx
for each ctrlname as string in yyyy(formname)
....
next
next
However, I'm having problems with the various examples of this code that I found in the library. I'm not sure whether it's because I don't know how to set up the syntax correctly or this sort of construct isn't possible in this context.
I am trying to access the controls' properties on another form without having to modify the code of the other projec (the one containing the controls that I want to access) because it is already compiled as a DLL. In this DLL that I am trying to access, the functions/sub-procedures are all declared as private. Would there be any way of accessing the controls' properties without having to modify the DLL? Basically what I am trying to do is create a sort of console application wrapper for the DLL that would create a new instance of the DLL's form and then make certain checkboxes checked and click certain buttons. Basically, I am trying to automate the form as it currently exists.
View 7 RepliesI've removed a few controls from my form, but they're still in the properties. I've looked in the Document Outline, but nothing. How can I remove them (save)?
View 6 RepliesI have a main form, a separate plugin interface dll and another separate dll. Now this is my problem:I'd like to access the properties of the controls of the main form for manipulation in the other dll.
Example:
MainForm
Plugins.dll
Data.dll
Main form have label control I define properties in the interface Plugins.dll from Data.dll I load Plugins to read the label control from the mainform.The question is how can I do that?
I have a bunch of custom controls I've made - and these are by default added automatically to the Toolbox. A nice feature. However, I want to hide certain controls from the toolbox. Is there a way to do this?
View 1 RepliesI added the OLE controls to my toolbox (via: "Choose Items")
All of the OLE controls are disabled.
is it possible to group similar controls in a form so instead of having to change every control's property I could just change the property for the entire group?
View 1 RepliesI have been trying to add an SQLDataAdapter control onto a webform in Visual Basic 2008 professional and Express editions. This control and others remain greyed out even when selected; they can only be seen when 'Show All' is selected in the toolbox. Is it that these controls are not available in the type of form?
I've checked various forums but have not seen a clear answer. I've tried some of the solutions proposed but none has worked. I've also reinstalled the application; then uninstalled, rebooted, reinstalled, but to no avail.
My project, which has 2 user controls in it- does not display the user controls in the toolbox. Has anyone else had this problem, and/or know of a solution?I have tried adding other user controls to the project, they do not appear in the toolbox.I have tried creating a new project, and it's user controls DO show up in the toolbox. If I add the user controls from the first project to the new project -THEY show up in the toolbox for that project.So it must be something tweaked out with the project right?
View 14 RepliesI'm creating a control. But I don't understand how can I put it in my toolbox?
View 19 RepliesI got a third party control from a website after googling.Inorder to use that control, I simply right-clicked the Toolbox and selected "Choose Item". Then Browse to that dll file location and selected that file.Now it is added to the toolbox. But do I have to register the dll now ? Or, will it work when I distribute my app ?
View 6 RepliesI created some custom controls which I use quite often and I thought if I add them once to my ToolBox they just will be there next time I start up VS2008; however, that does not seem to be the case! Each time I start VS2008 I have to re-add that controls (which is quite annoying!). Is there a trick / way of having them there permanently?
View 6 RepliesI have a solution with about 5 projects, the main (startup) project is a windows forms project while the others are control libraries that contain some custom controls. The main winforms project however also contains some custom controls.
Recently, the controls in the main winforms project have stopped appearing in my toolbox. The controls from the other control library projects appear just fine, but none of the controls in my main project will show...
Some of the projects are VB, some are C#.
I have tried everything I know to fix it:Delete bin/debug folders and restart
Build, build, build, build, and build Target the same .NET Framework version and CPU platform in all projects Build again Nothing works...
All projects target .NET Framework 4.0 and compile for the x86 platform (since I am using Access db). All projects build successfully, no errors. I can run the solution just fine. I can even declare and add the controls in code and they work just fine. They just don't show up in the toolbox so I can't drag them to my form and I have to dig into the designer code everytime, which is really annoying!
The object browser in visual studio contains many controls and properties ....so is it possible to remember in mind all these controls. Whenever i am programming in vb 2008 and for reference i look at the examples on internet i always find some new controls,properties etc which makes me confuse.So i was wondering If by any means there is a way to remember all these controls
View 4 RepliesI am trying to add a dll that contains some custom 3rd party conrtols and some in house user controls and am getting the following error -
"The Assembly "MyASsembly.dll" could not be loaded. Check that any dependencies the file requires are installed"
I am using Visual Studio 2003 and the 3rd part controls are C1.
Problem In ToolBox Window, Look At This Picture The Icons of controls Is Inverse
View 4 RepliesI have created a series of custom user controls for a wizard interface that I am making. Each user control represents one step in the wizard and really shouldn't be used outside of the wizard. The thing that is bugging me is that each wizard step user control shows up in the toolbox of components to insert into a form.
Is it possible to hide a user control from the toolbox? Better yet is it possible to hide a user control from other classes not in the same namespace of an assembly? Is this a good approach or should I think of a different approach?
i wanted a Guide or How to to use the controls in the toolbox of Visual Studio 2008 with sample codes.
View 4 RepliesIve got a Form application in VB.NET.I have many text boxes on one form (about 20). Is there anyway to check them all at once to see if they are empty instead of writing out a massive line of code to check each one individually such as
If txt1.text = "" Or txt2.text="" Then
msgbox("Please fill in all boxes")
i need to display some text boxes, and have the ability for the user to "add another row"
i tried a datalist and a repeater, but it does not show anything at all, when the controls are blank.
<asp:DataList id="dlIso" runat="server" RepeatColumns="2" RepeatDirection="vertical" >
<ItemTemplate>
[Code]....
so in this case "test" does now show at all..
what is the best way to get this accomplished?
I have made a form that consists of textboxes nested in groupboxes nested in tabpages. I want to check if all textboxes are empty in every groupbox and even if the controls from a groupbox in a groupbox are empty.When they are empty i should not create an element string for my .xml document.Below is the code that I have at the moment. I call it with the form as the parameter.
Public Sub recurringControls(ByRef ctl As Control)
For Each c As Control In ctl.Controls
If c.Controls.Count > 0 Then
If c.Tag IsNot Nothing Then
[Code]...
If i click "chose items" to select some controls to new tab in toolbox, VS 2008 SP1 closed automaticaly. what might be the problem?
View 2 RepliesHow to make a autohide toolbox like toolbox in visual studio 2008
View 1 Repliesis there any way that i can set the property of a control all at once? like for every button, i want their backcolor to be red. something like that.also is it advisable to set the properties of a control in design view rather than code it? does it have any performance issues?
View 3 RepliesI have 53 text boxes in my windows forms application. I need to save the "text" of all the textboxes into a single file. Is there a way, I can control all the textboxes as a single textbox group and use its properties.
For example: Can I write something like :
For i As Integer = 0 to 52
Textboxgroup.text = TextBox(i).Text
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