.NET Windows® Forms Custom Controls

Summary

These last four chapters have covered a lot of ground. The only magic to creating custom controls is imagination, creativity, and desire. At this point, the nuts and bolts of control development have been explored, and all that remains is to add features to both the controls and the designers developed so far. Using Chapter 5, “Advanced Control Development,” as a reference, you should be able to extend the OutlookBar to add new features or create a new custom control from scratch. The best way to learn to develop controls is to write them. Look at the various UI elements found in VS .NET and start creating controls.