title: How do I view and edit Visual Basic Power Pack shapes in a Windows Form app with Visual Studio 2017?
body: <p>I've got a windows forms app created in an older version of Visual Studio.  When I open it in VS 2017, none of the Power Pack shapes are show in the design view.  I've got the Power Pack dll in references.  I tried to add them to the toolbox (General, Choose Items, .Net Framework Components), but the shapes like Rectangle Shape are missing.  How can I either get them to display in the design view or add new ones through the toolbox?</p>
  
  <p>Here is the reference to Power Pack:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JfI5O.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JfI5O.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>Here's the choose toolbox item where you can see RectangleShape is missing:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/yWAeQ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/yWAeQ.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>Here's the code where the rectangle is defined:</p>
  
  <pre><code>private Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.RectangleShape StandardFiltersToUseRectangleShape;
  
  this.StandardFiltersToUseRectangleShape = new Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.RectangleShape();
  this.StandardFiltersToUseRectangleShape.BorderWidth = 3;
  this.StandardFiltersToUseRectangleShape.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(626, 82);
  this.StandardFiltersToUseRectangleShape.Name = "StandardFiltersToUseRectangleShape";
  this.StandardFiltersToUseRectangleShape.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(600, 15);
  
  this.shapeContainer1.Shapes.AddRange(new Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Shape[] {
  this.StandardFiltersToUseRectangleShape,
  this.FiltersToBuildRectangleShape});
  </code></pre>