ASP.NET Kick Start

Chapter 22. Creating Custom Web Form Controls

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Custom Web Form Controls Versus Web User Controls

• Overview of Custom Web Form Controls

• Creating a Simple Non-Composite Control

• Creating a Simple Composite Control

• Adding Designer Support to a Custom Web Form Control

In this chapter, you will learn how to extend the ASP.NET Framework with your own custom Web Form controls. You learn how to create the same type of controls that Microsoft developed for the ASP.NET Framework, like the TextBox and DataGrid controls.

By the end of this chapter, you’ll understand how to

• Create non-composite Web Form controls that render any content that you please

• Create composite controls built from combining existing Web Form controls

• Add Designer support to your ...