How do I add existing visual Item to a project

[tony]

Hello!!

Normally I use C# but we have a project that is creating a window control
library DLL that is done in C++.NET and that is here I have some problems
that I want to solve.

To be able to understand my question fully, I do the following.

1. Create a project that is a WindowControlLi brary called Test in C++.NET
in this project we have several files but the following are intresting for
me.
Under Source Files we have a file called TestControl.cpp
Under Header Files we have a file called TestControl.h and if you expand
this file you can see
TestControl.res X.

2.Open View Designer for TestControl.h and add for example a button.
3. Everything works as it should so far.
4. Now delete file TestControl.cpp and TestControl.h from the project Test.
When file TestControl.h was deleted, file TestControl.res X was also deleted
because it was connected to TestControl.h
5. The files still exist in folder Test but does not exist in project Test.
6 Now assume that you want to add these files(TestContr ol.cpp, TestControl.h
and TestControl.res X) back into project Test again.
7 I have tried different variation for Add Existing Item for my three files
to project Test but all my attempts failed in the way that I can never open
View Designor.
8 So how do I do if I want to add an existing visual control like the
TestControl.
9 It works perfectly to add new Item which I do in this way click on Source
File and select add New Item and choose for example User Control.

//Tony

[Bruno van Dooren]

> Normally I use C# but we have a project that is creating a window control

library DLL that is done in C++.NET and that is here I have some problems
that I want to solve.

To be able to understand my question fully, I do the following.

1. Create a project that is a WindowControlLi brary called Test in C++.NET
in this project we have several files but the following are intresting for
me.
Under Source Files we have a file called TestControl.cpp
Under Header Files we have a file called TestControl.h and if you expand
this file you can see
TestControl.res X.

2.Open View Designer for TestControl.h and add for example a button.
3. Everything works as it should so far.
4. Now delete file TestControl.cpp and TestControl.h from the project
Test.
When file TestControl.h was deleted, file TestControl.res X was also
deleted
because it was connected to TestControl.h
5. The files still exist in folder Test but does not exist in project
Test.
6 Now assume that you want to add these files(TestContr ol.cpp,
TestControl.h
and TestControl.res X) back into project Test again.
7 I have tried different variation for Add Existing Item for my three
files
to project Test but all my attempts failed in the way that I can never
open
View Designor.
8 So how do I do if I want to add an existing visual control like the
TestControl.
9 It works perfectly to add new Item which I do in this way click on
Source
File and select add New Item and choose for example User Control.

Hi,

I could not find it either, but my curiosity got the best of me.
I found a first solution by hacking the vcproj file with notepad, but that
is not the best solution of course.

After some more fiddling I finally found the good way to do this:
1) add the files to your project again.
2) make the properties window visible (view ->other windows ->property
window)
3) select the header file
4) change the file type to C++ form

That changes it back to the state where you can edit it with the designer.

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Kind regards,
Bruno van Dooren
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