Author Xin Yan begins by explaining what a custom control is, and provides three custom control scenarios. He then proceeds to describe the steps involved in building a custom control using a smartphone device as an example.
"A Windows Forms custom control is a class that derives directly or indirectly from System.Windows.Forms.Control or System.Windows.Forms.UserControl," Yan writes. "Using custom control technology, developers can easily create powerful, reusable and redistributable Windows Forms controls."
Numerous Visual Studio screen shots illustrate the process of creating and testing a custom control.
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Creating Custom Controls for Microsoft .NET Compact Framework in Visual Studio 2005
A interesting tutorial on creating Custom Controls with .NET CF is available on Microsoft's developer website, here:
Creating Custom Controls with the .NET Compact Framework
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