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Adding Controls to the Toolbox

Ultimate UI for Windows Forms controls can be added to the designer Toolbox in the following ways. Please ensure that you have the design surface open when adding controls to your Toolbox.

Add a Tab For Infragistics Controls

  1. Right click anywhere on the toolbox and select "Add Tab".

  2. Type "Ultimate UI for Windows Forms 22.2" and press ENTER.

Using the Choose Toolbox Items Dialog Box

The controls can manually added using the Choose Toolbox Items dialog box.

  1. Click the tab you wish to add to.

  2. Right-click anywhere on the toolbox and select "Choose Items…​" to open the Choose Toolbox Items dialog box.

    Customize Toolbox Dialog
  3. Scroll through the list, and select the check boxes corresponding to the Ultimate UI for Windows Forms controls and components that you want to add to the toolbox.

  4. Click OK.

Copying Assemblies from the Bin Folder

Infragistics' assemblies can be copied from your install’s Bin folder and pasted right into the Microsoft® Visual Studio® Toolbox.

  1. In Windows Explorer, navigate to the Bin directory where the Infragistics Professional assemblies are installed. The assemblies contain the DLLs that you want to add: C:\Program Files (x86)\Infragistics\2022.2\Windows Forms\Bin

  2. Select the DLLs that contain the Infragistics Professional controls/components you want to add to the Visual Studio toolbox.

    Location of assemblies highlighted to be dragged over to the toolbox.
  3. Copy (via Ctrl+c or through the right click context menu) the DLLs

  4. Select the tab you wish to populate and paste (via Ctrl+v or through the right click context menu).

Note
Note
If you add all the tools to the toolbox at the same time, it may take a few seconds for Visual Studio to add them all.