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Setting up design support for FlexPendant controls

Overview

This section describes how to make the FlexPendant GUI controls accessible in Visual Studio.

Procedure

Follow these steps to add the FlexPendant controls to the Visual Studio ToolBox:

Step

Action

1

On the View menu, select ToolBox.

2

Right click in the ToolBox area and select Add Tab.

3

Name the new toolbox tab, for example FlexPendant Controls.

4

Right click in the area of the new tab and select Choose Items.

5

In the Choose Toolbox Items dialog, browse to the directory where the FlexPendant SDK assemblies are located and import the following assemblies:

  • ABB.Robotics.Tps.Windows.Forms.dll

  • ABB.Robotics.GTPU.Windows.Forms.dll

  • ABB.Robotics.DataBinding.dll

Note Note
The default path is <FlexPendant SDK>\bin.

6

In the Solution Explorer right-click view.cs (view.vb if you have a VB project) and select View Designer if you are not already in design mode.

As you see, the FlexPendant specific controls are now accessible in the Toolbox. For more information on how to use them, see Introduction to visual design support.

Note Note

The way you use the Visual Studio Designer to implement FlexPendant controls is very similar to implementing ordinary .NET controls. In this manual useful information which may not be obvious for all users is provided. But oftentimes, it is the general Visual Studio Help that will answer any questions you may have about control properties and the like.