WPF Application - Visual Studio 2008 Toolbar does not load correctly!
I'm new to WPF, but I have a solid understanding of WindowsForms. When I create a new WinForms application in Visual Studio, the Toolbox displays a huge list of different controls that can be used to develop the program.
However, this is only the second time I've started building things in WPF, and the toolbar literally only demonstrates a few of the common controls like text boxes and buttons, and not much more.
I created a WPF application before I dragged the flow document into the grid and played around with its capabilities, but that doesn't seem to exist.
Don't know why this is happening? Is something not loading correctly?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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You can reset the toolbar back to its original state using the Select Item Items dialog box .
Remember, WPF has far fewer toolbox controls than Windows Forms. There will be no controls available by default, especially if you are comparing it to a windows control / form.
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Go to tools -> Import and Export Options -> A wizard will open, select Import Selected Environment Setting click Next you will find sth like this
C: \ Documents and Settings \ deepak.kumar2 \ My Documents \ Visual Studio 2008 \ Settings \ VWD Express
The file will be selected by default, change this file either in the VWD Express folder or in the Settings folder
this name will look like CurrentSettings.vssettings , now click next and close
now go to tools-> Select toolbar items -> select WPF Component tab , now select any control from the available list
Deepak Kalra
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I had issues where VS2008 was not showing toolbar items. While my problem was not WPF related, the solution I found might be helpful - I did to start Visual Studio through the command line using the reset option to skip packages at boot time.
From VS command line:
devenv.exe /resetskippkgs
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