Chapter 15. Design-Time Functionality

Design-time functionality refers to the appearance, capabilities, and behavior of a control in a visual designer such as Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. The .NET Framework makes it possible for a custom control to offer the same experience in a designer as the standard ASP.NET controls. To begin with, a control inherits basic design-time functionality from the base Control class. Next the .NET Framework allows you to easily customize the default functionality of a control via design-time attributes. Finally, the .NET Framework provides a rich and flexible design-time architecture that enables ...

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