"CMM" <cmm@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:OMo%23jbzYGHA.3448@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> This has been asked repeatedly many times and no one has been able to
> answer it. Now, I have the problem too..... why are  CompositeControls so
> hard to make show up in the Toolbox? Why do they show up sometimes and
> then disappear? What's magic combination of tricks need to happen in order
> for this to work.
>
> Why is this so hard? Was this tested? Who is in charge of this "feature"
> in ASP.NET?
>
> No, there is nothing wrong with the control. The attribitutes
> ToolboxItemAttribute and ToolboxData have been added. The control compiles
> with no errors. It can be used in pages by (handtyping the tags).
>
> Also, the bigger question.... why is the Designer in ASP.NET so inept? So
> featureless? So crappy? And so stupid? Whose idea was it to spend time on
> (the rather useless and featureless) Master Pages feature instead of
> making Custom Controls truly a worthwhile enterprise.... like an easy to
> create UserControl that can act as a Panel (wouldn't that render
> MasterPages obsolete?)
>
> - Frustrated in New York,
> C. Moya
> www.cmoya.com
>

"CMM" <cmm@nospam.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:u0JMYA2YGHA.3704@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> The solution is to remove the control project from your web solution and
> simply add a reference to the built dll manually to the toolbox.
> VS/ASP.NET is too stupid to pick up the controls when the project is part
> of the solution..... it does try... but, whoever coded this "feature" is
> braindead.
>
> This makes debugging the controls a little tedious... but at least it
> works.
>
> --
> -C. Moya
> www.cmoya.com
>
> "CMM" <cmm@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:OMo%23jbzYGHA.3448@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> This has been asked repeatedly many times and no one has been able to
>> answer it. Now, I have the problem too..... why are  CompositeControls so
>> hard to make show up in the Toolbox? Why do they show up sometimes and
>> then disappear? What's magic combination of tricks need to happen in
>> order for this to work.
>>
>> Why is this so hard? Was this tested? Who is in charge of this "feature"
>> in ASP.NET?
>>
>> No, there is nothing wrong with the control. The attribitutes
>> ToolboxItemAttribute and ToolboxData have been added. The control
>> compiles with no errors. It can be used in pages by (handtyping the
>> tags).
>>
>> Also, the bigger question.... why is the Designer in ASP.NET so inept? So
>> featureless? So crappy? And so stupid? Whose idea was it to spend time on
>> (the rather useless and featureless) Master Pages feature instead of
>> making Custom Controls truly a worthwhile enterprise.... like an easy to
>> create UserControl that can act as a Panel (wouldn't that render
>> MasterPages obsolete?)
>>
>> - Frustrated in New York,
>> C. Moya
>> www.cmoya.com
>>
>
>

"Alessandro Zifiglio" <AlessandroZifiglio @ -h-o-t-m-a-i-l-c-o-m> wrote in
message news:eFgu%23K4YGHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> hi, if it happens again instead of removing the control project from your
> web solution , choose Clean myCustomCompositeControlProject from the build
> menu in VS.NET to delete any intermediate and output files, leaving only
> the project and component files, from which new instances of the
> intermediate and output files can then be built and after this step, from
> the build menu choose Build myCustomCompositeControlProject. Now going
> into your webproject in designview you will see your component in the
> toolbox =P
>
> Good day,
> Alessandro Zifiglio
> "CMM" <cmm@nospam.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:u0JMYA2YGHA.3704@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> The solution is to remove the control project from your web solution and
>> simply add a reference to the built dll manually to the toolbox.
>> VS/ASP.NET is too stupid to pick up the controls when the project is part
>> of the solution..... it does try... but, whoever coded this "feature" is
>> braindead.
>>
>> This makes debugging the controls a little tedious... but at least it
>> works.
>>
>> --
>> -C. Moya
>> www.cmoya.com
>>
>> "CMM" <cmm@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:OMo%23jbzYGHA.3448@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> This has been asked repeatedly many times and no one has been able to
>>> answer it. Now, I have the problem too..... why are  CompositeControls
>>> so hard to make show up in the Toolbox? Why do they show up sometimes
>>> and then disappear? What's magic combination of tricks need to happen in
>>> order for this to work.
>>>
>>> Why is this so hard? Was this tested? Who is in charge of this "feature"
>>> in ASP.NET?
>>>
>>> No, there is nothing wrong with the control. The attribitutes
>>> ToolboxItemAttribute and ToolboxData have been added. The control
>>> compiles with no errors. It can be used in pages by (handtyping the
>>> tags).
>>>
>>> Also, the bigger question.... why is the Designer in ASP.NET so inept?
>>> So featureless? So crappy? And so stupid? Whose idea was it to spend
>>> time on (the rather useless and featureless) Master Pages feature
>>> instead of making Custom Controls truly a worthwhile enterprise.... like
>>> an easy to create UserControl that can act as a Panel (wouldn't that
>>> render MasterPages obsolete?)
>>>
>>> - Frustrated in New York,
>>> C. Moya
>>> www.cmoya.com
>>>
>>
>>
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