How 2 do Advanced Custom Winform Controls   

Hello all, 

I've always wondered, looking at some people's .NET WinForm apps, how to do 
certain advanced custom controls. I mean, sometimes I see a control that 
isn't present in the shipped control set and (I believe) can't be made by 
composing any of the existing controls. The bext example of this is a textbox 
that supports features like: 

1. The ability to define the width of the tab character 

2. Syntax highlighting (I know the colouring can be done using a 
RichTextBox, but how do they know when to colour what?) 

3. Squiggles indicating syntax, spelling or other errors 

4. Line numbers 

5. Code folding (like the expansion and collapsing of functions in VS.NET) 

Everytime I see a control that looks like nothing in the normal control set 
I wonder 'How'd they do that?'. If I could just glimpse how, it would expand 
my knowledge and, with more work, my repertoire of skills. 

Can anyone help?

date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:46:04 -0700   author:   Clarence

Re: How 2 do Advanced Custom Winform Controls   

Probably 3rd party custom controls?


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Patrick Sullivan, AA-BA, BA-IT

"Clarence"  wrote in message
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> Hello all,
>
> I've always wondered, looking at some people's .NET WinForm apps, how to
do
> certain advanced custom controls. I mean, sometimes I see a control that
> isn't present in the shipped control set and (I believe) can't be made by
> composing any of the existing controls. The bext example of this is a
textbox
> that supports features like:
>
> 1. The ability to define the width of the tab character
>
> 2. Syntax highlighting (I know the colouring can be done using a
> RichTextBox, but how do they know when to colour what?)
>
> 3. Squiggles indicating syntax, spelling or other errors
>
> 4. Line numbers
>
> 5. Code folding (like the expansion and collapsing of functions in VS.NET)
>
> Everytime I see a control that looks like nothing in the normal control
set
> I wonder 'How'd they do that?'. If I could just glimpse how, it would
expand
> my knowledge and, with more work, my repertoire of skills.
>
> Can anyone help?

date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:26:14 -0500   author:   Patrick Sullivan