Chapter 16. Creating Your Own Windows Controls

In this chapter

Windows Control Basics

Creating a Windows Control

Testing the Control

Adding Your Custom Controls to Other Projects

Enhancing a Windows Control

From Here . . .

As you have learned, you can use an assortment of the controls included with Visual Basic .NET to build a powerful application quickly. One of the most exciting features of Visual Basic is the ability to create your own controls. These programmer-built Windows controls, known as custom controls or user controls, can then be used in Visual Basic applications like any other control.

In this chapter, we will take a look at the various approaches you can take and some of the issues that you need to consider when creating user controls.