Questions tagged [toolbox]

The Toolbox displays icons for controls and other items that you can add to Visual Studio projects.

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DataSet panel (Report Data) in SSRS designer is gone

In the layout screen of an SSRS designer e.g. Visual Studio, I have lost the report data panel. It has disappeared and I can't remember what it is called in order to get it back. This usually lists the following items: Built-in…
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How to put a UserControl into Visual Studio toolBox

I made a usercontrol in my project, and after building project, I need to put it in my toolbox, and use it as a common control. but i can't. the UserControl is in my project namespace, and I tried Choose Item in right click menu, but I didn't find a…
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User Controls not showing up in the toolbox

I have some UserControls that I created in ProjectA. I have ProjectB that has a windows form that I want to put the controls on. Both of these projects are in a single solution. There's a reference to ProjectA from ProjectB so it can "see" the…
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Generating a class from string and instantiating it in Scala 2.10

In Scala 2.10 how do I generate a class from string (probably, using the Toolbox api) later to be instantiated with Scala's reflection?
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Increase Disk Space on Docker Toolbox

I'm trying to start some very large Containers on Docker Toolbox (about 18 GB in total). Unfortunately, I always get the error that there is not enough disk space. I have a 1TB HDD and there are more than 200 GB free. How can I increase the disk…
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Why is my SSIS toolbox empty in Visual Studio 2019 community?

I installed Visual Studio 2019 Community and then installed data tools. I can open an Integration Services project but when I look at the SSIS Tooolbox, it's empty. How do I fix this?
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How to rebuild the Visual Studio Toolbox?

The toolbox in Visual Studio Professional 2008 has somehow ended up with 12 instances of each control. They are just the standard controls, no third party controls, and I have no third party plugins. Is there a way to rebuild the toolbox to correct…
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Visual Studio 2010 Toolbox controls disabled

VS 2010 Toolbox in ASP.NET application development (design mode or source) is not showing all controls (showing HTML and reporting ones), I can see all by right click (Show all) but they are greyed out or inactive. I have used devnev.exe in VS…
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Visual Studio do not add my component (from a DLL) to the toolbox even if I reference it

As stated in the title, I copied my DLL in Visual Studio project, set it to "content" and "copy always". Added a reference to this DLL and set it to "copy locally". I successfully managed to instance my component to a form through code but it…
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Visual Studio's Toolbox is empty

I am using visual studio 2015. I have my toolbox open and I checked on Show All. I unchecked this an now my entire toolbox is empty except for the General Tab (which there is nothing in). I tried resetting the toolbox but that did not fix the…
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The call is ambiguous between the following methods: Identical.NameSpace.InitializeComponent() and Identical.NameSpace.InitializeComponent()

Ok, I suspect this might be a Visual Studio thing, but there must be some reason for this. I created from the list of default items a ListBox (Right Click on project, or folder in project -> Add -> New Item -> Xaml ListBox). Immediately I get a red…
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Where does Visual Studio save code blocks that are dragged on the Toolbox

You can drag and drop code blocks from the Codeeditor to the Toolbox of VisualStudio, but where does Visual Studio save those code blocks. Are they globally available (for other projects) or only available in the solution/project they are dragged?
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Any way to add custom code activities to VS toolbox for any workflow project?

What I would like to achieve is to have 2 tabs with custom code activities added automatically to the toolbox every time a new activity is created in any (workflow) project. Ideally this should be done through some code or installer. I found a…
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There are no components in DLL that can be placed on toolbox

I have a DatePicker custom control that I am trying to add to toolbox. The name of the file is BasicFrame.WebControls.BasicDatePicker.dll and I go through the procedure of right click in Toolbox > Choose Items and then selecting the file after…
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Empty toolbox in Visual Studio 2022 for .NET 6.0 WinForms and Control Library projects

When I create WinForms project or Control Library project for .NET 6.0, the designer toolbox is empty with information "There are no usable controls in this group". Reseting toolbox does not fix the problem. Repairing VS installation from VS…
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