Adding the C1WebFlash Component to a Project

When you install ComponentOne Studio for .NET 2.0, the Create a ComponentOne Visual Studio Toolbox Tab checkbox is checked, by default, in the installation wizard. When you open Visual Studio 2005, you will notice a ComponentOne Studio for ASP.NET 2.0 tab containing the ComponentOne controls has automatically been added to the Toolbox.

If you decide to uncheck the Create a ComponentOne Visual Studio Toolbox Tab checkbox during installation, you can manually add ComponentOne controls to the Toolbox at a later time.

WebFlash for ASP.NET provides the following control:

C1WebFlash

To use C1WebFlash, add the control to the form or add a reference to the C1.Web.C1Flash.2 assembly to your project.

Manually Adding C1WebFlash to the Toolbox

When you install C1Flash, the following C1WebFlash component will appear in the Visual Studio Toolbox customization dialog box:

C1WebFlash

To manually add the C1WebFlash control to the Visual Studio Toolbox:

Open the Visual Studio IDE (Microsoft Development Environment). Make sure the Toolbox is visible (select Toolbox in the View menu, if necessary) and right-click it to open the context menu.
To make the C1WebFlash for ASP.NET component appear on its own tab in the Toolbox, select Add Tab from the context menu and type in the tab name, C1WebFlash, for example.
Right-click the tab where the components are to appear and select Choose Items from the context menu.
The Choose Toolbox Items dialog box opens.
In the dialog box, go to the .NET Framework Components tab. Sort the list by Namespace (click the Namespace column header) and check the check box for the component belonging to namespace C1.Web.C1Flash.

At this point, you should also decide whether you want C1WebFlash to run from the GAC (Global Assembly Cache) or locally. If the installation program (or you) places a copy of the component in the GAC, that copy will be used by all applications that use the component. If the component is not installed in the GAC, Visual Studio will make a local copy of the required dlls into your application’s bin directory.

Using the GAC can save some disk space, but it also complicates deployment, because you will have to remember to install the components in the GAC on the server as well. In most cases, it is better to remove the component from the GAC and later use XCOPY deployment (the application folder will contain all the .dlls needed to run it). To remove the component from the GAC, open the WINDOWS\assembly folder and delete C1.Web.C1Flash.2 and C1.C1Flash.2 from it. For more details on the GAC, see the .NET documentation.

Adding C1WebFlash to the Form

To add C1WebFlash to a form:

Add the C1WebFlash control to the Visual Studio Toolbox.
Double-click the control or drag it onto your form.

Adding a Reference to the Assembly

To add a reference to the C1WebFlash assembly:

Select the Add Reference option from the Website menu of your Web Site project or from the Project menu of your Web Application project.
Select the C1WebFlash assembly from the list on the .NET tab or browse to find the C1.Web.C1Flash.2.dll file and click OK.

Double-click the form caption area to open the code window. At the top of the file, add the following Imports statements (using in C#):
Imports C1.Web.C1Flash

Note: This makes the objects defined in the C1WebFlash assembly visible to the project.