When installing a DBI product, the .NET controls are no longer automatically added to the Global Assembly Cache (GAC). The assemblies will reside in the folder where you installed them. That folder is then added to the registry so that any and all sub-assemblies will be loaded as needed. Also new to this product is a toolbox registration tool that will automatically add individual components to the Visual Studio Toolbars. To add a control to the toolbox manually, you may register the control in the GAC, then add the control to your toolbox as follows :
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Open your project or solution in Visual Studio .NET
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Right-click on the toolbox in the group to which the control is to be added.
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Click on the "Add/Remove Items" option.
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Once you have selected "Add/Remove Items", the "Customize Toolbox" dialog will appear.
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If the desired .NET control is not available in the ".NET Framework Components" list, click on the "Browse" button towards the bottom of the dialog box.
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Once the "Open" dialog box is visible, navigate to the folder containing the .NET control (by default, DBI .NET controls can be found at C:\DBITech\Product Name\Assemblies or C:\DBITech\Product Name\DotNetControl).
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Selected the desired control and click the "Open" button.
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Select the .NET control from the "Customize Toolbox" dialog box. Click "OK". You can now add DBI controls to a Windows Form and begin development.
DBI Technologies .NET controls have been designed and tested in Visual Basic .NET and C# VS2005, running under Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista.