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I'm trying to add this control to my ASP.NET project in Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web: http://www.freetextbox.com/

I'm using WebForms.

The directions just say this: "The most-used free ASP.NET WYSIWYG HTML editor featured in open source and commerical projects. Just drop FreeTextbox.dll in your /bin/ folder, change 

<asp:Textbox /> to <FTB:FreeTextbox />,

and you're done. "

Okay. Well, I added FreeTextbox.dll to my project's bin folder. I changed 

 <asp:Textbox /> to <FTB:FreeTextbox />

And I'm supposed to be done.

But the code is not recognizing 'FTB'. I also tried adding it as a reference, but I'm still getting the same problem.

Phil
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  • Are you using WebForms or MVC? – IsKernel May 25 '14 at 00:24
  • Try adding the control to your Visual Studio toolbar (you may have to browse for the reference) and once its in the toolbar just drag it onto the page – Yuriy Galanter May 25 '14 at 00:30
  • The code still doesn't recognize 'FTB..' – Phil May 25 '14 at 00:58
  • You also need to register the control in either your page or web.config: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2009138/asp-net-custom-control-unknown-server-tag or http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3706633/registering-custom-controls-fails – Sean Airey May 25 '14 at 02:25

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I think the web site is lying. You also need this at the top of the page:

 <%@ Register TagPrefix="FTB" Namespace="FreeTextBoxControls" Assembly="FreeTextBox" %>
Steve Wellens
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  • I wouldn't say it's lying, but it probably expects devs familiar with ASP.NET WebForms to understand the additional step (first step, really) of registering the control - either on the page or in the Web.config. – Tim May 25 '14 at 03:04
  • @Tim - The web site is lying: "Just drop FreeTextbox.dll in your /bin/ folder, change to , and you're done. " That is not true. – Steve Wellens May 25 '14 at 04:18