Component in Toolbox

[BluDog]

Hi

I have a component that inherits from TreeView, my project is a
standard exe. How do i get the component into the toolbox for use
within the project?

I find that only controls based on UserControl apear there
automatically, therefore if i set the component to inherit from
UserControl it will appear, then i change it back to inherit from
TreeView, although it stays, as soon as i close the solition, the next
time i open it the component has gone.

Cheers

Blu

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

Add a reference to envdte. This app will add all the controls in
the vbpowerpack to a tab named vb power pack. Hope this helps.
Dim myDTE As EnvDTE.DTE

Dim objToolbox As ToolBox

Dim colTbxTabs As ToolBoxTabs

Dim objTab As ToolBoxTab

Dim colTbxItems As ToolBoxItems

Dim objTbxItem As ToolBoxItem

'

' Open the ide

'

myDTE =
CType(Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.CreateObje ct("VisualStudio.DTE.7.1"),
DTE)

' Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object.

objToolbox = CType(myDTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindToo lbox).Object,
ToolBox)

colTbxTabs = objToolbox.ToolBoxTabs

' look to see if tab exists

Dim bFound As Boolean = False

Dim tbtDelete As ToolBoxTab

For Each t As ToolBoxTab In colTbxTabs

If t.Name = "VB Power Pack" Then

tbtDelete = t

bFound = True

End If

Next

'

' Add tab if needed

'

If bFound Then tbtDelete.Delete()

objTab = colTbxTabs.Add("VB Power Pack")

objTab.Activate()

objTab.ToolBoxItems.Add("Control", AppPath() & "\vbPowerPack.dll",
vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatDotNETCompo nent)

Trace.WriteLine(AppPath)

Timer1.Enabled = True

myDTE.Quit()

Ken
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"BluDog" <ne**@nospam.bludog.net> wrote in message
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Hi

I have a component that inherits from TreeView, my project is a
standard exe. How do i get the component into the toolbox for use
within the project?

I find that only controls based on UserControl apear there
automatically, therefore if i set the component to inherit from
UserControl it will appear, then i change it back to inherit from
TreeView, although it stays, as soon as i close the solition, the next
time i open it the component has gone.

Cheers

Blu

[JC]

I have the similar problem. Adding a text format item to toolbox has no issue, but adding a custom control then it fails.

//succeed.
objTbxItem = objTab. _
ToolBoxItems. _
Add("New Text Item", "Some text to add to the document.",
vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatText)

// this fails
objTbxItem = objTab. _
ToolBoxItems. _
Add("ui_menu", "c:\ui_menu.dll", vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatDotNETCompo nent)

"Ken Tucker [MVP]" wrote:

Hi,

Add a reference to envdte. This app will add all the controls in
the vbpowerpack to a tab named vb power pack. Hope this helps.
Dim myDTE As EnvDTE.DTE

Dim objToolbox As ToolBox

Dim colTbxTabs As ToolBoxTabs

Dim objTab As ToolBoxTab

Dim colTbxItems As ToolBoxItems

Dim objTbxItem As ToolBoxItem

'

' Open the ide

'

myDTE =
CType(Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.CreateObje ct("VisualStudio.DTE.7.1"),
DTE)

' Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object.

objToolbox = CType(myDTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindToo lbox).Object,
ToolBox)

colTbxTabs = objToolbox.ToolBoxTabs

' look to see if tab exists

Dim bFound As Boolean = False

Dim tbtDelete As ToolBoxTab

For Each t As ToolBoxTab In colTbxTabs

If t.Name = "VB Power Pack" Then

tbtDelete = t

bFound = True

End If

Next

'

' Add tab if needed

'

If bFound Then tbtDelete.Delete()

objTab = colTbxTabs.Add("VB Power Pack")

objTab.Activate()

objTab.ToolBoxItems.Add("Control", AppPath() & "\vbPowerPack.dll",
vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatDotNETCompo nent)

Trace.WriteLine(AppPath)

Timer1.Enabled = True

myDTE.Quit()

Ken
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"BluDog" <ne**@nospam.bludog.net> wrote in message
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Hi

I have a component that inherits from TreeView, my project is a
standard exe. How do i get the component into the toolbox for use
within the project?

I find that only controls based on UserControl apear there
automatically, therefore if i set the component to inherit from
UserControl it will appear, then i change it back to inherit from
TreeView, although it stays, as soon as i close the solition, the next
time i open it the component has gone.

Cheers

Blu

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

Make sure you activate the tab before adding controls to it.

Ken
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"JC" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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I have the similar problem. Adding a text format item to toolbox has no
issue, but adding a custom control then it fails.

//succeed.
objTbxItem = objTab. _
ToolBoxItems. _
Add("New Text Item", "Some text to add to the
document.",
vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatText)

// this fails
objTbxItem = objTab. _
ToolBoxItems. _
Add("ui_menu", "c:\ui_menu.dll",
vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatDotNETCompo nent)

"Ken Tucker [MVP]" wrote:

Hi,

Add a reference to envdte. This app will add all the controls in
the vbpowerpack to a tab named vb power pack. Hope this helps.
Dim myDTE As EnvDTE.DTE

Dim objToolbox As ToolBox

Dim colTbxTabs As ToolBoxTabs

Dim objTab As ToolBoxTab

Dim colTbxItems As ToolBoxItems

Dim objTbxItem As ToolBoxItem

'

' Open the ide

'

myDTE =
CType(Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.CreateObje ct("VisualStudio.DTE.7.1"),
DTE)

' Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object.

objToolbox =
CType(myDTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindToo lbox).Object,
ToolBox)

colTbxTabs = objToolbox.ToolBoxTabs

' look to see if tab exists

Dim bFound As Boolean = False

Dim tbtDelete As ToolBoxTab

For Each t As ToolBoxTab In colTbxTabs

If t.Name = "VB Power Pack" Then

tbtDelete = t

bFound = True

End If

Next

'

' Add tab if needed

'

If bFound Then tbtDelete.Delete()

objTab = colTbxTabs.Add("VB Power Pack")

objTab.Activate()

objTab.ToolBoxItems.Add("Control", AppPath() & "\vbPowerPack.dll",
vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatDotNETCompo nent)

Trace.WriteLine(AppPath)

Timer1.Enabled = True

myDTE.Quit()

Ken
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"BluDog" <ne**@nospam.bludog.net> wrote in message
news:et********************************@4ax.com...
Hi

I have a component that inherits from TreeView, my project is a
standard exe. How do i get the component into the toolbox for use
within the project?

I find that only controls based on UserControl apear there
automatically, therefore if i set the component to inherit from
UserControl it will appear, then i change it back to inherit from
TreeView, although it stays, as soon as i close the solition, the next
time i open it the component has gone.

Cheers

Blu