VS 2008 - Add extender helper icon on controls

I have downloaded and installed VS 2008, .NET 3.5 and current Ajax Control Toolkit. I have added the toolkit to the VS Toolbox.

The little 'helper' arrow, as described in the video linked below (around the 7 min mark), does not appear for me. I add a button to a page, highlight it in design mode and it doesn't show the helper arrow. I can drag and drop an extender from the Toolbox, but it would be nice to have this added functionality as described.

http://asp.net/learn/3.5-videos/video-224.aspx

Am I missing something?

Thanks,
Tim

I have the same problem.

FYI, in addition to the installation process described in the Toolkit instructions I also tried installing them the same way Joe Stagner described in the video you referenced with no success. Joe suggests copying all files/dir in the Ajax Control Toolkit's SampleWebSite\bin directory into the toolkit's Binaries subdirectory, then adding them to the Visual Studio Toolbox from there.

More info:
http://forums.asp.net/t/1184181.aspx

But no solution?

Hi,

Please try the following steps:

1. Download the source code of ajax controltoolkit

2. Open in Visual Studio

3. Open property page for AjaxControlToolkit project

4. Click Assembly Information

5. Change Assembly Version from 3.5.11119.* to 3.5.0.0

6. Rebuild the project and use this assembly in your project

I downloaded the source. When I try to open the AjaxControlToolkit.sln in VS 2008, I get the error "[file path]\AjaxControlToolkit.csproj cannot be opened because its project type (.csproj) is not supported by this version of Visual Studio. To open it, please use a version that supports this type of project."

I cannot open in VS 2005 either. I don't have any other versions of VS.

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks
Tim

Hi Tim,

Which version of Visual Studio are you using?

Please useVisual C# 2008 Express edition (which is free )or higher (e.g., professional version).