Delphi for .NET Developer’s Guide

Chapter 13. Developing Custom WinForms Controls

By Steve Teixeira

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Component Building Basics

• Sample Components

• User Painting: The PlayingCard Control

Delphi’s VCL pioneered the combination of RAD with native component building. The ability to create and consume components within the context of a common object-oriented component framework and RAD IDE set Delphi apart from other tools in terms of productivity. The designers of the .NET Framework clearly understood this, and in the end they created a highly productive platform in which components and applications can leverage a common framework in the context of a RAD environment. The ability in Delphi 8 to write custom .NET components means never being stuck using only standard controls ...