Problem creating custom control

[bill young]

Hello, I am using Visual Studio.net 2003 and starting to toy around with
compact framework development. One of the first things I decided to do was
to create a custom control. After attempting to do it manaually and failing
I decided to check the web and look for a tutorial. I came up with this:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...en-us/dnnetcomp/html/customctrlscompactfx.asp

Looks promising, but it shows steps for creating a new project (Figure 4)
and shows a screenshot of the 'Smart Device Application wizard'. In the
screen capture see an option for 'Windows Control Library', but this option
is not showing up for me when I follow the same steps. Any idea where I am
going wrong?

 

[Chris Tacke, eMVP]

You're right, there is no "Windows Control Library". the article actually
predates the release of Studio 2003 and the official release of the CF.
There are other examples of custom controls, both on MSDN and elsewhere
(like OpenNETCF.org), but it's not as simple as that article implies.

-Chris

 

[bill young]

I managed to find some sample code at:

http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/CompactFramework/doc/picturebutton.aspx

and used it to get myself going. Guess I'll use that and not mess with
designer support for the time being. Hopefully I can find a simple project
(including project file) that has some designer support so I can start
hacking with that.and have controls that I can add to the toolbox.

 

[Arsa]

Hi, Look at the following article :
http://www.intelliprog.com/articles/index.html
There is a downloadable sample as well. I hope it helps.

Arsa