Installing Web Matrix and PowerNodes Assemblies

This tutorial could also be done using Visual Studio. The setup in Web Matrix and Visual Studio are almost identical except that Web Matrix needs some exact steps in adding the web assemblies (dll files) to the control library.

The following steps will be covered here:

  1. Downloading & Installing Web Matrix
  2. Adding the PowerNodes Web Assemblies in Web Matrix

Installing Web Matrix
The Web Matrix can be downloaded from the www.asp.net website by going to this url: http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/. Complete download an install Web Matrix

Adding PowerNodes Web Assemblies in Web Matrix

To add the PowerNodes Controls to the custom control library in Web Matrix follow there steps:

  1. Empty the Web Matrix components folder of any old PowerNodes files. (WebMatrix must be closed first)
  2. Copy all PowerNodes Web Assemblies (dll's) to the components folder (If the components folder do not exist just create the folder manually)
  3. Open WebMatrix
  4. Open the an aspx file to view the control Toolbox
  5. Reset the Custom Controls tools to remove older PowerNodes controls
  6. Add the Controls by selecting the dlls from the Web Matrix components folder (Do not add the assemblies to the GAC unless you have a specific reason to do so)

Web Assemblies

Source location: C:\Program Files\PowerNodes\WebTemplate\Bin\

Target location: C:\Program Files\Microsoft ASP.NET Web Matrix\v0.6.812\Components