 See larger picture | Developing .NET Custom Controls and Designers Using C# (Second Edition)
by
James Henry
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Who is this book for?
This book is for developers who already have some knowledge of C#, with the intent of working on the leading edge of .NET controls and designer development. This book provides intermediate to senior-level developers the information they need to successfully implement custom controls and designers targeting both Windows and the Web.
What does this book cover?
- Tools and services for enhancing design-time support for components.
- Irregularly-shaped, borderless Windows Forms.
- Advanced techniques on building simple and complex UITypeEditors.
- Details of how type converters work with guidelines on implementing new ones.
- Component licensing model and architecture with sample demonstrations.
- Complete and reusable Windows Forms Wizard custom control.
- Complete and reusable Web Forms tab control.
Featured Customer Reviews  The Most Advance, Insightful, C# Control Book On The Market.,
September 15, 2005
As this book covers all elements of control development, I can definitely advise any developer looking to deliver professional user controls that this book is a must have.
Well done to the author for bypassing the publishers. It's about time developers had immediate access to downloadable versions of the books after purchase.
As a reader from the UK, I must point out that this title was not available via the Amazon.co.uk web site, but that's another matter
 Good subject, very bad book.,
June 08, 2004Not as good as I had hoped,
March 28, 2004 I'm only four chapters through this book, and already I am having difficulty. I am an intermediate programmer who has been programming my own custom controls for months with limited success, hence my interest in the title.One instance of difficulty is that the example given in chapetr 3 doesn't work. When I looked at the author's downloadable sample code and compared it to the code in the book, I found that he implemented 2 other functions not implemented in the book. However, it made no difference at runtime, the code still did not work as intended. Then the author got into UITypeEditors. He introduces terms without fully explaining what they mean (of course, they can easily be looked up on MSDN, but what's the problem with quickly explaining them in a paragraph or two??). He quickly jumps from one topic to another within this section of the chapter and just dumps code on you. So much so, I feel like I just got picked up by a tornado and dropped 15 miles away! While I look forward to reading the rest of the book to try and get what I can out of it, I agree with other reviewers that you are still going to need to read as much as you can from the MSDN (what little there is there) as well as other sources that may be available on the web, and of course, you're going to have to tinker around to really learn anything substantial. However, having said that, this is only one of two books devoted to custom control development (the other being .Net Windows Forms Custom Controls by Richard L. Weeks, which is better in my opinion, but still not the greatest.). The long and short of it is, anything at all is a help, but you're going to have to read other sources and just plain old play with code on your own. Apparently, there does not exist one comprehensive book that will get you on your way. Yes boys and girls, there will be homework tonight, and a lot of it, so happy reading. And your final project is due YESTERDAY! *** I finished reading this book. It only took two days! The author stopped trying to write after the second chapter!! This book is horrible. If you want a paperback version of the MSDN, then this book is for you, otherwise, don't waste your time or money on it.  Great book but definitely not for the beginner.,
October 10, 2003Control design,
September 12, 2003 Content and topics covered in the book are good, especially
a lot pages talking on designer. But it lacks small and complete examples like presented in other books that help to understand. Finally it presented an big example that has too many codes to read.
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