Chapter 7. Inside Controls
In this chapter, we discuss controls (the objects of the GUI) and then use five of them to develop a sample application.
What Are Controls?
What is a .NET Compact Framework control? In a nutshell, it is an object, it has a visible interface, and it was derived by Microsoft from a control that exists in the desktop .NET Framework. These characteristics have determined what the .NET Compact Framework controls are and what they can do for us.
Visible Objects
Because controls are objects, they provide a valuable service in a nice, neat package. And because they are objects, they expose their functionality through PMEs. Understanding the PMEs that are available for a control and the interrelationships between them is the key ...
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