# Adding Spread to a Project

This topic provides you steps to set up an ASP.NET Visual Studio .NET project that contains the Spread for ASP.NET component.

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This and all the tutorials assume that you have Visual Studio .NET installed on your system, and Internet Information Services (IIS) installed and running on your system as the local host server.

Perform the steps in this tutorial to set up an ASP.NET Visual Studio .NET project that contains the Spread for ASP.NET component.

1.  Start Visual Studio .NET.
2.  From the **File** menu, choose **New**, **Project**.
3.  In the **New Project dialog**,
4.  In the **Project Types** list, choose either **Visual Basic Projects** or **Visual C# Projects** depending on the language you are using.
5.  In the **Templates** list, choose **ASP.NET Web Application**.
6.  In the **Location** box, leave the location path as http://localhost/ unless you prefer to save this project to another server. Change the project name from WebApplication1 to the name of your choice.
7.  Click **OK**.
8.  In the **Solution Explorer**, right-click on the form name, WebForm1.aspx. Choose **Rename** from the pop-up menu, then type the new form name you prefer for the new form name.
9.  If your project does not display the **Solution Explorer**, from the **View** menu, choose **Solution Explorer**.
10.  If the **Toolbox** is not displayed, from the **View** menu choose **Toolbox**.
11.  In the **Toolbox**, look in the **Web Forms** category (or in other categories if you have installed Spread and placed the toolbox icon in a different category). If the Spread component is not in the **Toolbox**, perform steps 12 through 14. Otherwise, proceed to step 15.
12.  Right-click in the **Toolbox**, and from the pop-up menu choose Customize **Toolbox**.
13.  In the **Customize Toolbox** dialog, click the **.NET Framework Components** tab.
14.  In the **.NET Framework Components** tab,
    1.  Click **Browse**.
    2.  Browse to the installation path for the Spread for ASP.NET component. Once there, select FarPoint.Web.Spread.dll and click **Open**.
    3.  The FpSpread component is now displayed in the list of components. Click **OK**.
15.  In the **Toolbox** under **Web Forms** or another tab, select the FpSpread component.
16.  On your form, draw an FpSpread component.
17.  Save your project.

Your project should now look similar to the following image:

![FpSpread component](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/346c9178-0ed8-4fb9-908b-1565b22fb408/artwork/vscset.png)

You have added the Spread component to the project.