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Custom Controls And Control Builders : Timothy Khouri

Sunday, July 06 2008

ASP.NET has a strong set of web controls that provide common functionality for web developers. But there are times when you need to build something custom for your specific web project. Or you may want to author some controls that you think everyone can use. This article will show how to make your own custom controls and utilize control builders. It's important to remember that 'user controls' and 'custom controls' are not the same thing. A user control (which inherits from the UserControl object) basically allows you to put existing controls together on a 'mini-page', and then use that over and over again. A custom control (which inherits from Control or WebControl) is something you build from the ground up. You will handle initialization, viewstate functionality, rendering - all on your own....

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Custom Controls And Control Builders : Timothy Khouri
Also See:
Custom Http Handlers : Sandeep Karnik
Easy "NO SCRIPT" DataGrid Tooltips in ASP.NET : Peter A BRomberg
A Look at ASP.NET 2.0's URL Mapping : Scott Mitchell
Creating Client And Server-Side Form Validation Using The Validator Toolkit For ASP.NET MVC : Juergen Baeurle
Dynamic User Interface in ASP.NET Web Applications : Richard Bean

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