If you used it in a project (and it has a valid namespace), it should get added to the toolbox automatically after a build if you set:

Tools > Options > Windows Forms Designer > General : AutoToolboxPopulate to true

If you right click on the toolbox and select "show all" does it show up then?

If that doesn't work, try:

Build your project that contains your custom controls to make sure it compiles and then right click on the toolbox and select "choose items." From there browse to the dll you just compiled that has your toolbar in it and select it.



>TC,
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>Revisiting this finally.
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>I looked at the IDE site you provided, and it went right over my head. MS articels often leave you feeling like you jumped into the middle of a conversation.
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>I did some more Googling and found this: http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780672331008/downloads/0672331004_ch57.pdf
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>I followed the example to create the tool window on page 1199 and installed it. It shows up in the VS Extensibility Manager, but no where else. The toolbar doesn't show up when I RC in the toolbar area.
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>Any thoughts?
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>>>I want to add my own custom toolbar to VS2010 with a combobox and some buttons on it. Can someone point me in the right direction?
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>>>Thanks
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>>Do you mean in the ide or do you mean adding your custom control to the toolbox?
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>>For the IDE, once you create the vsct file, look at the VisibilityConstraints and the VisibilityItem elements
>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee909551.aspx
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>>Or for a custom window control in IDE:
>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dwtd01y4.aspx
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>>If not the IDE and you mean add your own control to the toolbox:
>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6xs853ft.aspx
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>>.