Related resources for extending controls
  • Show Currency Values with a Visual Basic Custom Control in VB.NET11/10/2012 4:04:22 AM. This article shall describe the construction of a custom control used to display currency values. The control is intended for use in Win Forms application development.
  • Set Text Case with a Custom Control in VB.NET11/10/2012 3:46:16 AM. This article shall describe the construction of three custom controls; each is used to format its text content to be either all upper case, all lower case, title case, or normal (as typed) case regardless of the format of the input.
  • Building a UNIX Time to Date Conversion Custom Control in VB.NET11/9/2012 10:12:32 AM. This article addresses the construction of a custom control that will convert UNIX time into useful and readable dates for display in a Win Forms application.
  • Visual Basic Spell Check Enabled Rich Text Box Custom Control11/9/2012 8:15:48 AM. This article describes a quick and simple approach to applying a spell check function to the rich text box control and bundling both features into a single custom control.
  • Enforce Text Case with Custom Controls5/15/2012 4:22:54 PM. This article shall describe the construction of three custom controls; each is used to format its text content to be either all upper case, all lower case, title case, or normal (as typed) case regardless of the format of the input.
  • Display Currency Values with a Custom Control10/18/2011 7:28:37 AM. This article shall describe the construction of a custom control used to display currency values. The control is intended for use in Win Forms application development.
  • Spell check enabled RichTextBox custom control7/1/2009 12:00:15 AM. This article describes a quick and simple approach to applying a spell check function to the rich text box control and bundling both features into a single custom control. Of course there is nothing novel or particularly interesting about performing spell checking upon a selection of text using the Word.DLL.
  • Building a UNIX Time to Date Conversion Custom Control in C#2/14/2008 11:48:28 PM. This article addresses the construction of a custom control that will convert UNIX time into useful and readable dates for display in a Win Forms application.
  • Gradient Panel Custom Control12/6/2006 3:50:57 AM. This article describes a quick and simple approach to creating gradient panel custom control.
  • Gradient Background Tab Custom Control12/5/2006 11:16:09 PM. This article describes a quick and simple approach to creating a tabbed custom control with a gradient background.