VS2013 and WPTooklit (version from AUG 2013)

Question

Quick question for anyone out there. I'm trying to install the August edition of the NuGet package of the wptoolkit. Unfortunately, I can't get it to show up under VS2013 Pro. Has anyone been able to get this to work?

Answer 1

It should show up once you obtained it from NuGet.

1. Open Package Manager
2. Type in Install-Package WPtoolkit and press enter

Then, it'll be downloaded and imported into your project, so it should show up in the References folder.

Answer 2

You would have to browse to the dll which contains the controls to add them to the toolbox. In my project browse to the Packages folder of that project and then go to WPtoolkit.4.2013.08.16\lib\sl4-windowsphone71\Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit.dll

Even though it is a WP8 project, it only seems to work if you put in the 7.1 dll in the toolbox, otherwise if does not load. The only controls that don't work are LongListSelector and MultiSelect as they are now part of the base WP8 framework controls. Even though they are in the toolbox, when you try to drop them on your page you will get an error. All other controls seem to work just fine.