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.NET Framework Components, Customize Toolbox Dialog Box

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This tab of the Customize Toolbox dialog box displays a list of all .NET Framework components available on your machine. From this list, you can choose which of them to display in the Toolbox window. You can open the Customize Toolbox dialog box from the Tools menu. To sort the list of components, select any column heading.

  • Name
    Displays the names of available components. Preceding each name is a check box. When selected, a check box indicates that the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) has found an entry for the component in your machine's registry. The component either is displayed already on the active Toolbox tab or will be added to it when you click OK. If cleared, a check box indicates that the component is not displayed currently in the Toolbox window or that it will be removed from the Toolbox when you click OK.
  • Namespace
    Displays the name of the programmatic space from which the component is referenced.
  • Path
    Displays the full path to the component. To identify the default components that shipped with the product, sort on this column and then locate those stored on the Visual Studio installation path.
  • Last Modified
    Displays the date when the component was last modified.

See Also

Customize Toolbox Dialog Box | Windows Forms Designer, Options Dialog Box | Referencing COM and .NET Framework Components in Macros | COM Components, Customize Toolbox Dialog Box | Toolbox | Using the Toolbox | Managing Tabs and Items in the Toolbox | How Policy Affects the Toolbox