I want to use the AutoCompleteBox in my WPF application but i cannot find it in visual studio. I have VS 2010 ultimate. I just downloaded and installed WPFToolkit.msi and ran it. When i open VS i cannot find the control. Where can i find it? Do i have to reference it somehow? I also have the .dll but i dont know if i need to put that somewhere? Thank you.
The AutoComplete textbox is a componenet which is in the Preview Quality Band in the WPF Toolkit .So it is not available is visualstudio 2010.You need to download and install the Feb 2010 release of the WpfToolkit and follow the instructions from the below SO post
WPF: AutoComplete TextBox, ...again
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I've installed MVVM Light Toolkit through NuGet in VS 2017. The problem is that when I click "Add New Item" on any project, I don't see any MVVM templates that appear in MVVM Light tutorials.
They must look like this (but I don't see them in my project):
http://prntscr.com/n9bs1q
I found similar questions about VS 2012. The answers advise to search for C:\Program Files (x86)\Laurent Bugnion (GalaSoft)\Mvvm Light Toolkit\Vsix
But I have no such folder not in Program Files (x86), neither in Program Files.
Help me please, what should I do for the templates to appear?
MVVM Light NuGet can only add related resources (assemblies/.cs files) into the project. It wont add Templates into Visual Studio. To get templates in Visual Studio, you have to install MVVM Light Visual Studio Extension by following the below steps.
Open Visual Studio and go to Tools->Extensions and Updates.
In the Extensions and Updates window lick Online in the left pane.
In the search bar, type MVVM Light.
In the search results find MVVM Light for VS2017. Click Download and accept license.
Extension will be installed once Visual Studio gets restarted. Then you can get the templates.
UPDATE:
They have stopped support of Item Templates for MVVM Light in Visual Studio 2017. Its been there up to VS 2015. So you can only get Project Templates (File->New Project) in VS 2017 extension. You can see similar queries here.
I'm new to WPF and its toolkit and interested in using it and have found following URLs:
How do I reference the WPF Toolkit in Visual Studio 2010?
WPF Toolkit - Verify upgrade?
However, I'm not sure about the solution. I tried to add its DLL from Solution Explorer by adding its DLL under References. Yes, I do not see any WPFToolkit on Toolbox. I'm not sure why they mean by adding those lines to GAC. Any idea?
It has been installed and it is the latest version. Can somebody give me a direction?
Thanks.
This is really a wanted feature, AutoCompleteBox (not AutoCompleteComboBox apparently).
However, visual studio 2012 cannot find the AutoCompleteBox control. But I have not tried in earlier version of vs, so it may not be a version matter.
I installed wpf toolkit, added those extensions to my WPF project:
WPF Toolkit
WPF Toolkit Design
WPF Toolkit Input Design
WPF Toolkit Input Visual Studio Design
WPF Toolkit Layout
WPF Toolkit Layout Visual Studio Design
WPF Toolkit Visual Studio Design.
Looks almost like virii to me. Every permutation of words are used...
Well well in my WPF project, I added
xmlns:toolkit="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wpf/2008/toolkit"
to a window and tried to also add a auto complete box like this:
<toolkit:AutoCompleteBox />
but AutoCompleteBox does not seem to exist, the first component that is listed when I have typed
<toolkit:
is ButtonBaseBehavior.
Not all the toolkit controls are included in the "main" namepace.
Let me explain it how are the toolkit dlls are built up:
You can also install the WPF toolkit through NuGet:
PM> Install-Package WPFToolkit
It will add three dlls to your project:
WPFToolkit.dll this contains the core/stable controls of toolkit which can be found in the xmlns:toolkit="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wpf/2008/toolkit"
System.Windows.Controls.Input.Toolkit.dll this dll contains the preview controls like AutoCompleteBox and Rating
System.Windows.Controls.Layout.Toolkit.dll this dll contains the preview layout controls like the Accordion
The preview controlls are not included in the main xmls namespace so you need to use a the namespace form the corresponding preview dll:
xmlns:controls="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls;assembly=System.Windows.Controls.Input.Toolkit"
<controls:AutoCompleteBox />
Add a reference to (Included in WPFToolkit):
System.Windows.Controls.Input.Toolkit.dll
and then in your xaml at the top:
xmlns:System_Windows_Controls="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls;assembly=System.Windows.Controls.Input.Toolkit"
and for using it anywhere in your code just like this:
<System_Windows_Controls:AutoCompleteBox />
I installed the wpftoolkit.msi and added a reference to it, but it doesn't get dipslayed in the toolbox, is there anything else that needs to be done? I followed the instructions from the code plex site, I can access some of the controls from code, only a few, I added WPFToolkit as a reference, does any other reference need to be added for the chart controls and so that they can be accessed from the toolbox?
EDIT: I added all dlls in the folder and still cannot access the chart control.
Answer: I provided an answer bellow you neeed to include a different namespace for the charts the default one from the codeplex site doesn't include all controls.
I believe this is the answer if you want to add the charting controls to your toolbox.
If you just add a reference to what the codeplex site says you won't get all controls.
using Microsoft.Windows.Controls doesn't work you need to include the reference name, if you click on properties for the reference name you can copy name, for charting it is: System.Windows.Controls.DataVisualization.Toolkit
For the toolbox:
Go to your toolbox, right click create a new tab. In the new tab right click choose items add all the controls from the System.Windows.Controls.DataVisualization.Toolkit namespace. You should have all of them in the toolbox.
Here it is http://wpf.codeplex.com/releases/view/40535
Installation and Usage Instructions
Please note: The WPF Toolkit is dependent on .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. You must install .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 in order to use any features in the Toolkit.
Instructions for using the WPF Toolkit binaries:
Install .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
If you have a previous version of WPF Toolkit installed, uninstall it through the Remove Programs dialog on the Control Panel (look for "WPF Toolkit October 2008" or "WPF Toolkit January 2009" or "WPF Toolkit March 2009" or "WPF Toolkit June 2009")
Download the WPFToolkit_Binaries or WPFToolkit_BinariesAndSource
Run the WPFToolkit.msi to install the WPFToolkit.dll and WPF Toolkit design time binaries to your Program Files folder
Reference the binaries in your project:
Reference WPFToolkit.dll in your project
Add a using statement ("using Microsoft.Windows.Controls;") to the top of .cs files
Add a new xmlns (for example, xmlns:toolkit="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wpf/2008/toolkit") to the top of XAML files
Remember to use the namespace prefix (in the above example, ) in the body of your XAML
I just added the Silverlight 4 toolkit to my project via NuGet. (NuGet package "Silverlight Toolkit - All")
I can't find the AutoCompleteBox anywhere in the dlls added to my project. Where is it?
Things I've tried:
I cracked open all the dlls it added
to my project, and I don't see
AutoCompleteBox in any of them.
Looking at the Silverlight Toolkit
discussions, I don't see anyone mentioning its removal.
Looking at the Silverlight Toolkit
changeset history, I don't see it
being mentioned as removed.
I browsed the source, and I do see AutoCompleteBox in there, but it get compiled into a dll System.Windows.Controls.Input.dll, but when I add the project in via NuGet, I don't get that dll, instead I get System.Windows.Controls.Input.Toolkit.dll
Where is the AutoCompleteBox in the Silverlight Toolkit?
Its not in the Silveright Toolkit any more. As of Silverlight 4 it moved to the SDK. You should be able to drag the AutoCompleteBox from you toolbar to the designer and VS will add the reference to System.Windows.Controls.Input.dll for you.