How To Add Metro-Framework To Our Application - Part Two

This blog explains how to add Metro-Framework to your Application.

Step 1

Create a Windows Application. 



Step 2

Right click your Application => click Manage NuGet Package => Browse and find Metro Framework controls. 



Step 3

Install four metro packages.They are

• MetroFramework
• MetroFramework.Fonts
• MetroFramework.Design
• MetroFramework.Runtime
  
  
  

Check that these four .DLLs are added in our application. 



Step 4

Inherit MetroForm from Form1 class.

public partial class Form1: MetroForm {
    public Form1() {
        InitializeComponent();
    }
    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {}
}

Normal Windows form application output is given below.



Metro-Windows form application output is given below:



How to Add Metro-Framework Controls to Toolbox

Step 1

Open Toolbox in Visual Studio.



Step 2

Add a new tap in toolbox. Right click toolbox, followed by clicking add tap. I added a tap (Tap Name is MetroControls). 



Step 3

Right click MetroControls tap and click choose items. 



Click Browse =>find Metroframework.dll (Our application bin folder)=> click Open.



After adding Metro Framework to choose item tap, click OK. Now, we get Metro Framework controls in our toolbox.