All of the ComponentOne ActiveX controls are supported in the Microsoft .NET Framework. To use a ComponentOne ActiveX control in Visual Studio, follow these steps:
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Open Visual Studio and select File | New | Project. The New Project dialog box opens.
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Under Installed Templates, expand the desired programming language node, and select Windows. Note that you may need to expand Other Languages to find the language you want to use.
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Select a .NET Framework version, and then select Windows Forms Application.
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Enter a project name in the Name field, enter or browse for a project location in the Location field, and then click OK. A new Microsoft Visual Studio .NET project is created in the specified location.
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Make sure the Toolbox is visible (if necessary, select Toolbox in the View menu).
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To place the ComponentOne ActiveX components on their own tab, right-click anywhere in the Toolbox and select Add Tab from the context menu.
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Enter a tab name, for example “C1 ActiveX”, in the caption text box and click OK.
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Right-click the tab and select Choose Items.
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Click the COM Components tab, click the Name header to sort alphabetically, and scroll to find the ComponentOne controls.
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Select the checkbox next to any of the ComponentOne ActiveX controls that you would like to add to the Toolbox and click OK.
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Drag the control from the Toolbox onto the form.
Smart Tags and Tasks Menus
You can invoke each control's Tasks menu by clicking the smart tag (
) in the upper-right corner of the control. A smart tag represents a short-cut tasks menu that provides the most commonly used properties in each control. For example, here is the Chart 8.0 2D control's Tasks menu:
Context Menus
You can invoke each control's context menu by right-clicking the control in Design view. The context menu provides access to common actions when using the control.
