A fast-paced example-driven tutorial to building custom controls using Visual C# 2005 Express Edition and .NET 2.0

Key Features

Learn about custom controls and the GDI+
Walks through great examples like PieChart control
Customize and develop your own controls

Book DescriptionWhat you will learn

Understand the basics of custom controls
Use GDI+ to draw your own controls
Implement double buffering to speed up your forms
Add printing functionality to your custom controls
Handle the mouse events to improve the user experience
Offer design-time support for programmers using your control
Design intuitive interfaces for your users

Who this book is forThis book has been written with the intermediate C# developer in mind. Assuming a working knowledge of C#, the book teaches you how to implement custom controls using Visual C# 2005 Express Edition and all other versions of Visual C#, and GDI+ with .NET 2.0