Windows_Forms_Controls_Installer

Windows Forms Controls Installer Sample

Load custom Windows Forms controls into the Toolbox in Visual Studio.

• Technologies: Visual Studio 2017 SDK
• Topics: Visual Studio Shell, VSX

Description

This sample demonstrates how to create a Visual Studio package (VSPackage) that loads custom Windows Forms controls into the Toolbox. The toolbox has two new items when a Windows Form is open in the Editor:

• MyCustomTextBox: A normal Windows Forms control that adds a blank text field
• MyCustomTextBoxWithPopup: A custom ToolboxItem that adds a text box and pops up a dialogue box when added.

Requirements

• Visual Studio 2017

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Clone the repo (How to):

git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/VSSDK-Extensibility-Samples.git

Run the sample

1. To build and execute the sample, press F5 after the sample is loaded
2. Create a new Windows Forms Application in C#, Visual Basic, or C++
3. Open the Windows Forms Designer (Default: Form1.cs)
4. Open the Toolbox: View > Toolbox
5. If your Windows Forms Designer is open, you should see a new tab at the bottom of the toolbox called MyOwnTab
6. MyOwnTab contains two new toolbox items. Double-click on each of them to add them to the form

Related topics

• Tool Window Documentation

• Editor Documentation

• Visual Studio SDK Documentation