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Reusing a Control in another Windows Forms Project

I've got lots of web experience but am a total novice when it comes to Windows Forms so this might be easy to answer:

I have Project1 which I've added a reusable control to which allows filtering and searching of data and presenting results.

I now want to use the same control in another Project.

When I open Project1 and select my form the reusable control appears on the toolbar so I can drag it onto any form in the project, but how do I get this to happen in my new Project?

Solution

  • You can add a reference to the (binary) control:

    menu Project/Add Reference/tab Browse

    Then it should turn up in the Toolbox (menu View/Toolbox).