NET Windows Forms Custom Controls
Richard L. Weeks · International Linear Collider · 2002
From the Publisher: In this book you'll learn about existing Windows Forms control base classes and how to use these base classes as a starting point for creating your own custom controls. Topics, such as which base class to derive from, GDI+, working with images, and handling raw windows messages, are covered to ensure maximum flexibility when creating custom controls. In addition to building controls, you learn how to provide designers for controls and how to interact with Visual Studio .NET. These designers allow for RAD-style development support within Visual Studio .NET and they are crucial for developing top quality custom controls. The process of writing controls covers more than simply drawing on the screen. This book will show you what you need to know about custom property editors, creating custom collections, understanding the PropertyGrid and all aspects of design-time support within Visual Studio .NET. In addition, it explores control licensing for both simple and custom solutions.