Creating Custom Controls

Silverlight provides support for dynamic languages such as IronRuby and IronPython. We'll walk you through the creation of a custom Silverlight control using Bing Maps and IronRuby.Ashish GhodaMSDN Magazine February 2010

This month we look at tools for enhancing the LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework designers, Oren Eini's .NET development blog, Visual Studio tab customization, and more.Scott MitchellMSDN Magazine December 2009

This article describes how to generate documents that contain data stored in SharePoint lists. The example demonstrates how OpenXML content controls can be defined to capture list data in a Word document and how LINQ to XML can be used to query the lists. The documents are generated from a SharePoint Web Part.Eric WhiteMSDN Magazine October 2009

Late last year Microsoft released Calendar and DatePicker controls for WPF in the WPF Toolkit. We'll show you how they work, and how you can customize them.Charles PetzoldMSDN Magazine June 2009

Custom field types provide a powerful way to define a reusable SharePoint column definitions.Ted PattisonMSDN Magazine May 2009

In this installment we look at the Microsoft Chart Controls; Snippet Designer, a free, add-in for Visual Studio 2008 for creating and editing Code Snippets; refactoring SQL applications; and this month's favorite blog.Scott MitchellMSDN Magazine April 2009

Jon Flanders demonstrates creating and consuming Web feeds with Windows Communication Foundation and AtomPub.Jon FlandersMSDN Magazine April 2009

Find out here how you can use MSBuild to better manage and control large build projects in Visual Studio.Sayed Ibrahim HashimiMSDN Magazine March 2009

This month we look at rich data Web controls for AJAX, HTTP traffic analysis, and more.Scott MitchellMSDN Magazine March 2009

This article describes some basic practices and techniques that you can use in MSBuild to better manage and control your build projects in Visual Studio.Sayed Ibrahim HashimiMSDN Magazine February 2009