Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Install Ajax Control Toolkit to Visual Studio

1) Choose the latest Ajax Control Toolkit version that corresponds to the respective .Net framework and download from http://ajaxcontroltoolkit.codeplex.com/
2) This will be a zip file. Unzip them and add all the folders and files to the Bin folder of the project you are working on. Check the Bin folder in your solution explorer.


3) Right click on the References under solution explorer. Click Manage NuGet Packages... Browse for Ajax Control Toolkit and install it.




















4) Now you should be able to see AjaxControlToolkit on expanding References.
5) Create a new Tab AjaxControlToolkit under Toolbox by right click on General-> Add New Tab.
6) Right click on this new tab -> Chooseitem -> Browse , then select and open the AjaxControlToolkit.dll file.
7) Now you should see all the Ajax Control toolkit controls populated under Toolbox -> AjaxControlToolkit as seen below.


8) Ajax controls are ready to use. First add ToolkitScriptManager immediately under form. Then use any controls by just dragging them and placing them in the required place as necessary.