January 2002
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
5h 48m
English
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Chapter 2. Control Basics
IN THIS CHAPTER
Controls provide a means for user interaction with an application. Every control defines a set of properties, events, and a user interface that represents the control and the intended use the control has. Control development consists of two parts: runtime and design-time. Runtime has to do with how the control looks and acts during the execution of the application, whereas design-time refers to the WYSIWYG editor used by VS .NET to create an application. In this chapter the runtime aspect of control development is the focus; Chapter 3, “Designer Basics,” covers the design-time aspects of control development.
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