How to add a windows control library template to Visual C# Express

Posted Date: 15 Oct 2008	Resource Type: Code Snippets	Category: Visual Studio
Author: Payal Jain	Member Level: Gold
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Visual C# Express 2005 does not come with a project template for creating custom controls (.dll files). You can create your own template by following these steps:

1. Open Visual C# Express 2005.

2. Create New windows Application with the name: MyLibrary

3. From the Project menu select Add User Control. Click on Add

4. Close any forms windows.

5. In Solution Explorer, Delete forms related files (the corresponding .cs files should be deleted by this step)

6. From the Project menu select MyLibrary Properties.

7. In the Application tab set the Output Type to Class Library.

8. In the file Program.cs replace
Application.Run(Form1)

with
Application.Run()

9. Build the Solution. There should be no errors and the bin/Release folder should have a MyLibrary.dll file

10. From the File menu select Export Template.

11. Select Project Template then Next .

12. Under Template Options change the name of the template to Windows Control Library and the Description to Create windows Control .dll. Click on Finish.

12. Close C# Express 2005.

The next time you open Visual C# Express, you will find your newly created template ready to use.

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