Adding existing component to toolbox

[MyMarlboro]

Hi,
How to add existing component to toolbox?
i right click my project say AAA and choose the existing component say ABC.cs and then i click ok. then ABC.cs is added to my project. But when i view the Toolbox on my left, i can't find the ABC component appear in the toolbox list?
i am using Visual C# 2008
Please guide.
Thanks.

[tlhintoq]

If its a UserControl from a project that is part of your solution it should appear automatically AFTER YOU BUILD the solution. Its an oddity in VS. Actually build and run the project one time F5. After that it should show in your toolbox.

[MyMarlboro]

the component is created by others. i just want to use the component thus i add it into my project. But after i add it.. i cant see it from the toolbox.
is it some step that i missed?

[tlhintoq]

the component is created by others. i just want to use the component thus i add it into my project. But after i add it.. i cant see it from the toolbox.
is it some step that i missed?

Is this a commercial component that you bought? Or is this something a team member made?

I don't understand why you added it to your project. If its a component you can just add it to the tool box and use it in all of your projects. Right-click on the tab that you want to add it to and select "Choose items..." then select the DLL of the component.

You shouldn't be seeing a .cs file for something given to you as a component.

[MyMarlboro]

it's non commercial component.

e.g

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/graphics/TimeLine.aspx

i wish to use his SnapShots.cs
Could you please guide me the proper way to add the component?
Thanks

[tlhintoq]

it's non commercial component.

e.g

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/graphics/TimeLine.aspx

i wish to use his SnapShots.cs
Could you please guide me the proper way to add the component?
Thanks

Nice control... but not something I can answer in a few minutes. Let me play with it a little and see what I can tell you.

[tlhintoq]

Did you notice that the SnapShots.cs component is part of the "VideoEdito r" namespace?

Does that match the namespace of your project?

[MyMarlboro]

Did you notice that the SnapShots.cs component is part of the "VideoEdito r" namespace?

Does that match the namespace of your project?

yup. i add using VideoEditor; inside my project. but it stil cant work.
i dont know what and which step i missed.

[tlhintoq]

yup. i add using VideoEditor; inside my project. but it stil cant work.
i dont know what and which step i missed.

Try changing the namespace of the component to match the namespace of your project. The toolbox still knows that control is not in the same namespace as your project.

[MyMarlboro]

Try changing the namespace of the component to match the namespace of your project. The toolbox still knows that control is not in the same namespace as your project.

unfortunately.. it still not function for me.. does it works well for u?
thanks for your time

[tlhintoq]

does it works well for u?

I wasn't going to spend hours trying to re-write half this project to make it a control. It is not a simple drag/drop thing.

SnapShot.cs references other classes such as "Frames" which is defined elsewhere in the project within the VideoEditor namespace.

You're going to first have to get all the referenced items into the same namespace as YOUR project. Simply dragging one file in, and adding a using statement isn't going to do it.

[MyMarlboro]

I wasn't going to spend hours trying to re-write half this project to make it a control. It is not a simple drag/drop thing.

SnapShot.cs references other classes such as "Frames" which is defined elsewhere in the project within the VideoEditor namespace.

You're going to first have to get all the referenced items into the same namespace as YOUR project. Simply dragging one file in, and adding a using statement isn't going to do it.

i still unable to use the component. :(
i have a question... how do i edit the component myself; meaning.. i try to add in some feature for that component?
please guide

[tlhintoq]

i have a question... how do i edit the component myself; meaning.. i try to add in some feature for that component?
please guide

Write code that gives you the features you want. (vague question gets a vague answer, sorry.

[MyMarlboro]

Write code that gives you the features you want. (vague question gets a vague answer, sorry.

it's ok... thank you.

[MyMarlboro]

i changed the same namespace as my project for file e.g MediaPlayer.CS and SnapShots.cs.

But the component stil doesnt appear in the toolbox list.
Is anything else i missed??