Need help to create custom control

Jain Vijay

Hi, I need to create custom control. But option to add "Web control library" is not appearing in my VS 2.0 framework. Can you told me the link to download the "Web control library", so that I will be able to create my own custom controls. thanx...

Regards... Vijay Jain :)

"One thing you can't recycle is wasted time."

Goalie35

Hi Vijay. Try this link: http://geekswithblogs.net/ranganh/archive/2006/09/06/90370.aspx[^]

Jain Vijay

Hi Goalie, thanx for your reply. But this link is not accessible. Can you provide me some other link. thanx...

Regards... Vijay Jain :)

"One thing you can't recycle is wasted time."

Goalie35

That's odd. The link opened for me. I'll just post his article here instead:

_Visual Studio 2005 is one the coolest Development Tools available today for developing applications targetting .NET Framework 2.0.

In Visual Studio 2005, there have been a lot of changes, compared to the way Windows Applications and Web Applications were created using Visual Studio .NET 2003 and earlier versions.

For more details, please check my following articles:-

Quick Facts about Visual Studio 2005 - Did you know?

Visual Studio 2005 Web Application Projects and Web Deployment Projects

When developing with Visual Studio 2005, we might have noticed that all the web related templates are moved under "File - New - WebSite" option.

However, creating a Web Control Library is an exception to this. The Web Control Library Template still lies in the "File - New - Project" Option. It is a little suprising and tricky to find the option to create a Web Control Library.

The steps are

Click "File" - "New Project"
The "New Project" Dialog opens up with the installed templates
Select the preferred language "Visual Basic" or "Visual C#" under "Project Types"
Expand the preferred language Node.
Select "Windows" under the preferred language Node.
The available templates are listed under "Templates"
Select the "Web Control Library" and click "Ok" to create a Web Control Library Project.

This might be a little suprising since all the Web related projects are moved under "File - New - Website" option whereas the "Web Control Library" still remains here and particularly under "Windows" option.

In short, the answer for the question, from my understanding is that, all Project type templates are moved under "File - New - Project" and the Website related ASP.NET Website, ASP.NET WebService are under "File - New - Website" option.

Cheers and Happy Programming !!!_

Jain Vijay

Hi Goalie, thank u very much. But problem is that template option "Web Control Library" is not in my copy of Visual studio.
Can you tell me that from where I can download it.

Regards... Vijay Jain :)

"One thing you can't recycle is wasted time."

Goalie35

Vijay, Which version of visual studio are you using? It looks like the standard edition doesn't have it for some reason, and I couldn't find any links that offered any type of download for it. Here's a link with more info: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/70da4b0d-9b89-414e-a1f8-700c2e7bb3c7[^] Regards, -Goalie35

Jain Vijay

Hi Goalie, thanx dear for your reply. Also i found the solution. In my copy of Visual studio instead of "Web control library", "Class library" template is available. In this object after adding System.web.dll, i m able to develop web custom control.

Regards... Vijay Jain :)

"One thing you can't recycle is wasted time."

Goalie35

Great Vijay! Glad it worked out for you! :laugh: