Question

I have a bunch of winform control libraries in my visual studio 2008 after I installed a third party.
How can I import those controls to my own custom library? For example
Instead of using ThirdPartyAssembly.ControlName I can use MyAssembly.CotrolName (all controls still have full functionality the same as the original)

Can anyone please give me an example?

Answer 1

You can not import thirdparty controls into your own library. You can only reference them. You can use namespace alias feature if want to reference these controls in code under a different name:

using MyNamespace = ThirdPartyNamespace;
...

var control = new MyNamespace.ControlName();

If you are dealing with two versions of the same thirdparty dll you can use extern alias. Read this or this:

extern alias ThirdPartyAssemblyV1;
extern alias ThirdPartyAssemblyV2;
...
var v1 = new ThirdPartyAssemblyV1::Namespace.ControlName();
var v2 = new ThirdPartyAssemblyV2::Namespace.ControlName();