After you have downloaded the .msi installation file from Adillis.com, double-click it to start the installation wizard. Follow the instructions to complete the installation process. The default folder for installation is "Program Files\Adillis\smartDBforms.NET <version>".
During the setup process the installation wizard will add the smartDBforms.NET controls to the Visual Studio 2005 Toolbox. For information how to manually add the smartDBforms.NET controls to the Visual Web Developer 2005 Toolbox see the Visual Studio Toolbox Installation section below.
The installation wizard will also install Visual Studio Project and Item templates. For more information see the Visual Studio Templates section below.
The installation folder contains the following subfolders.
| Folder Name | Description |
|---|---|
| DeveloperBinaries |
Contains the smartDBforms.NET assemblies used for development.
These files cannot be redistributed with your applications to third parties even if you have a smartDBforms.NET redistribution license. Use the assemblies from the REDIST folder for this purpose. |
| Documentation | Contains the smartDBforms.NET documentation. |
| DemoSite | A demo site which demonstrates smartDBforms.NET with the Northwind MS SQL Server sample database. |
| smartDBtemplates |
The user-interface template set provided by Adillis. In order to use this user-interface
template set you need to copy the folder to the root of your web site.
You can freely modify and redistribute the files in this folder. You can also create your own user-interface templates. |
| REDIST | Contains the smartDBforms.NET assemblies. These files are for redistribution. You may use them only if you have a redistributable license. |
| Installation | This folder contains files which are used during the installation of smartDBforms.NET |
If you have Visual Studio 2005 installed the installation wizard will configure the Visual Studio 2005 Toolbox. It will add a new tab named "smartDBforms.NET" and will put all smartDBforms.NET controls in it. Because Visual Web Developer 2005 Express does not support programmatic toolbox configuration you will have to add the smartDBforms.NET controls manually to the Visual Web Developer toolbox.
To add smartDBforms.NET controls to the Visual Studio toolbox follow the steps:
By default the ASP.NET controls are visible in the Toolbox only when the current document is an .aspx or .ascx file. You can view all controls in the toolbox by right-clicking and selecting the "Show All" command.
During the installation the wizard starts installs the smartDBforms.NET Web Site project template. An "Add New Item" template is also installed. It is named "smartDBforms.NET template Web User Control" and creates an User Control .ascx file. The .ascx file contains a simple set of smartDBforms.NET templates. You can use it as a starup for your custom user-interface templates.