I am currently working through 'Debugging User Controls' in Chapter 15 page 484. In Step 2 its says that in my toolbox I should see a new tab named LabelTextBox Components and in this tab I should see the control that I created called ctlLabelTextBox. I cannot find this tab in the toolbox nor can I find my control. I have followed these steps very carefully. Can anyone give me any guidance on this?

Lucy

I have tried looking at the downloaded code for this Chapter and when I try to open Form1.cs in the folder LabelTextBox. I get this error and the form cannot be opened:

Could not find type 'LabelTextbox.ctlLabelTextbox'. Please make sure that the assembly that contains this type is referenced. If this type is a part of your development project, make sure that the project has been successfully built.

The variable 'ctlLabelTextbox1' is either undeclared or was never assigned.

Lucy

I'm not familiar with the code in question, but have you tried compiling the solution before opening the Form. User control must be compiled before they can be viewed on forms (and changes only show up after a fresh recompile).


/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

OK I have tried that now but still cant find my component. Can I get this component from the 'Choose Toolbox Items' dialog?

Lucy

Are you loading the LabelTextBox.sln solution file.

You can't load the Form1.cs on its own as the solution must contain two projects, one called LabelTextBox and the other called LabelTextboxTest.

I downloaded the code and loaded the solution into Visual Studio 2005 and compiled it straight away. I then navigated to the Form1 form and it loaded just fine.

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

I have solved my problem. I deleted my form and then compiled my solution and then added a form as you suggested. In the toolbox I created a new tab and added a new component from 'Choose Item...' In this dialog i searched for my created component under the appropriate folder and navigated to bin\Debug. In this folder I opened LabelTextbox.dll. This successfully added my component to the toolbox.

I tried this method before I added a form but before I compiled my solution and this did not work. But after I tried what you suggested, compiling the solution and then adding a form, I was able to find and add the component to the toolbox.

Lucy

Glad you got it working.


/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/