Toolbox Configuration

28 Jan 20255 minutes to read

The Syncfusion^® Toolbox Installer utility incorporates the Syncfusion^® WPF components into the Visual Studio .NET toolbox.

NOTE

Toolbox configuration support is not available for the Visual Studio Express Edition. However, you can manually configure the Syncfusion^® controls into the Visual Studio Express Toolbox. To do so, refer the Manual Toolbox Configuration.

If the “Configure Syncfusion^® Controls in Visual Studio” checkbox is selected from the installer UI while installing the Syncfusion^® WPF installer, Syncfusion^® components will be automatically configured in the Visual Studio toolbox.

To add the Syncfusion^® WPF components via the Syncfusion^® Toolbox Installer, perform the following steps:

1. To launch Toolbox configuration utility, follow either one of the options below:

   Option 1:
   Open the Syncfusion^® Control Panel, click Add On and Utilities > Toolbox Installer.

   

   Option 2:
   Click Syncfusion^® menu and choose Essential Studio^® for WPF > Toolbox Configuration… in Visual Studio

   

   NOTE

   From Visual Studio 2019, Syncfusion^® menu is available under Extensions in Visual Studio menu.

   

2. Toolbox Installer will be opened.

   

   The following options are available in Toolbox Configuration:

   • Install VS2005 – Configures Framework 2.0 Syncfusion^® controls in VS 2005 toolbox.
   • Install VS2008 – Configures Framework 3.5 Syncfusion^® controls in VS 2008 toolbox.
   • Install VS2010 – Configures Framework 4.0 Syncfusion^® controls in VS 2010 toolbox.
   • Install VS2012 – Configures Framework 4.5 Syncfusion^® controls in VS 2012 toolbox.
   • Install VS2013 – Configures Framework 4.5.1 Syncfusion^® controls in VS 2013 toolbox.
   • Install VS2015 – Configures Framework 4.6 Syncfusion^® controls in VS 2015 toolbox.
   • Install VS2017 – Configures Framework 4.6 Syncfusion^® controls in VS 2017 toolbox.
   • Install VS2019 – Configures Framework 4.6 Syncfusion^® controls in VS 2019 toolbox
   • Install VS2022 – Configures Framework 4.6 Syncfusion^® controls in VS 2022 toolbox.

   NOTE

   You can also configure Syncfusion^® controls from a lower version Framework assembly to higher version of Visual Studio.

3. The successful configuration of Toolbox is indicated by an Information message. Click OK.

   

   NOTE

   • You must reset the toolbox, when the installed controls are not reflected properly in the Toolbox.
   • This tool configures only the controls that are located under {Installed Location}\Assemblies{Framework version}.

Configuring toolbox for WPF .NET 5.0 projects

From 2021 Volume 1,Syncfusion^® started providing toolbox support for the WPF .NET 5.0 framework in Visual Studio. After installing the Syncfusion^® WPF installer, Syncfusion^® controls will be automatically configured in the Visual Studio toolbox for WPF.NET 5.0 projects.

NOTE

• Syncfusion^® included this toolbox support for .NET 5.0 WPF platform from 2021 Volume 1 release version v19.1.0.54 only.
• If the project was created with TargetFramework.NET Core 3.1 and then changed to.NET 5.0 after installing the WPF setup, you must restart Visual Studio to see the Syncfusion^® controls in the Visual Studio Toolbox.
• Visual Studio 2019 16.7 Preview 2 and later is required.

Upgrading the Syncfusion^® WPF toolbox .NET 5.0 controls without installing the build

You can upgrade the Syncfusion^® WPF toolbox for .NET 5.0 control with NuGet packages downloaded from nuget.org. Download “Syncfusion.UI.WPF.NET” package from nuget.org in your machine.

Use the following steps to add the Syncfusion^® WPF controls through Syncfusion^® NuGet packages:

step 1:

Extract “Syncfusion^®.UI.WPF.NET” package by using the below commands.

Open Command prompt from nuget.exe path and run the following commands

Command: {nuget.exe path} add “F:\Syncfusion\Syncfusion.UI.WPF.NET.{version}.nupkg” -Source “F:\Syncfusion\Expand” -expand

Example: F:\Syncfusion>nuget.exe add “F:\Syncfusion\Syncfusion.UI.WPF.NET.19.1.0.50.nupkg” -Source “F:\Syncfusion” -expand

step 2:

Open “Syncfusion^® Toolbox for WPF.config” file from the following location.

Location: “C:\Program Files (x86)\NuGet\Config\Syncfusion Toolbox for WPF.config”

Or you can create this file in the same location by using the XML format given below

XAML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
      <configuration>
        <fallbackPackageFolders>
          <add key="Syncfusion<sup style="font-size:70%">&reg;</sup> Toolbox Local NuGet Packages {version}" value="F:\Syncfusion" />
        </fallbackPackageFolders>
      </configuration>

step 3:

Update extracted Syncfusion^® NuGet package path in value attribute.

Example:

step 4:

Now restart the Visual Studio 2019 to get populate the latest Syncfusion^® controls in Toolbox.

Configuring toolbox for .NET Core 3.1 projects

The Syncfusion^® NuGet packages must be installed in the WPF .NET Core application before the Syncfusion^® toolbox can be configured. The corresponding NuGet packages Syncfusion^® components will be configured in Visual Studio toolbox after installing the Syncfusion^® NuGet packages in.NET Core application.

Please refer the documentation link, to learn more about how to use the Syncfusion^® components using the Syncfusion^® NuGet packages in .NET Core application.