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Exercises

4.1. Creating the Odometer User Control

In this exercise, you'll learn to create a new user control from an existing user control. Your objective is to design an odometer user control that shows a three-digit odometer where each digit is displayed on a Label control. The odometer exposes a property named ScrollInterval that controls how frequently the odometer values change.

Estimated time: 20 minutes

1.
Launch Visual Studio .NET. Select File, New, Blank Solution, and name the new file 316C04Exercises.
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Add to the solution a new project based on the Windows Control Library template. Name the project Exercise4_1. The Component Designer shows the control as a captionless, borderless form.
3.
Drag and drop three ...

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