Adding DockPanel Suite to Toolbox in Visual Studio¶

This page shows you how to install DockPanel Suite to your project on Windows.

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Important

In latest Visual Studio 2017, you don’t need the following. Please use the NuGet packages according to Installing DockPanel Suite On Windows.

Compile DockPanel Suite binaries, according to Installing DockPanel Suite On Windows.
Open Visual Studio, and navigate to its Toolbox panel.
Expand a tab such as General, or create a new tab by right clicking and choosing “Add Tab” menu item.
Right click in the tab area and choose “Choose Items…” menu item.
Under the “.NET Framework Components” “Choose Toolbox Items” dialog, click the “Browse…” button.
In the “Open” file dialog, navigate to bin\net40 folder that contains the assemblies, and choose all related files,
- WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.dll,
- WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.ThemeVS2003.dll,
- WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.ThemeVS2005.dll (3.1+),
- WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.ThemeVS2012Light.dll (2.10),
- WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.ThemeVS2012.dll (2.11+),
- WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.ThemeVS2013Blue.dll (2.10),
- and WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.ThemeVS2013.dll (2.11+).
Click the “Open” button to exit the dialog.
In “.NET Framework Components” tab, click “Namespace” column header to reorder the list.
Make sure that “DockPanel”, “VS2003Theme”, “VS2005Theme”, “VS2012LightTheme”, “VS2012DarkTheme” (2.11+), “VS2012BlueTheme” (2.11+), “VS2013BlueTheme”, “VS2013LightTheme” (2.11+), and “VS2013DarkTheme” (2.11+) are checked.
Click the “OK” button to exit the dialog.