Last week we were fighting quite a battle with the blog. After long hours of tweaking the html code we managed to implement simple download mechanism into it. So finally I’m able to share the first pre-release version of VizToolkit. It’s avaible to all registered subscribers of our blog in Download section. If you’re not a member yet – Sign up now. Please feel free to download and test it. All bug reports, issues and comments are very welcome and important.

What’s in the package?

The .zip file contains:

• VizToolkit.dll
• VizToolkit.xml – this file contains contextual helper messages for Visual Studio GUI
• doc.zip – documentation files

Instalation instructions

1. Download zip archive from www.viztoolkit.com/download/
2. Extract archived files to directory on your hard drive (ex. C:\Program Files\VizToolkit).
3. Run Visual Studio
4. To add VizToolkit components to your Toolbox follow steps below:

Step 1

Right-click empty Toolbox slot and select Add Tab from context menu. New tab should appear. Name it FPS.VizToolkit.
Right-click again in newly created Tab space and select Choose Items… from contex menu (Figure 1.)

Figure 1

Click “Browse” button in Choose Toolbox Items dialog box.

Figure 2.

Navigate to folder where you’ve extracted VizToolkit controls library and select FPS.VizToolkit.dll

Figure 3.

New controls should appear in Choose Toolbox Items dialog and they should be selected.

Figure 4.

Click OK. Selected controls should appear in your toolbox.

Figure 5.

You’re ready to rock. Don’t forget to post a comment here and tell me whether you like it or not, what should be improved, what new features should appear in first final release. Have fun :-).