Custom Controls in Windows Forms
Andrew Rea has a pretty good posting on his blog describing a funky looking group box custom control for WinForms. The UI examples he's shown kind of remind me of dividers in a ring binder, which might be useful in some user interfaces where that kind of metaphor would be appropriate.
Whilst undoubtedly they look very smart, it does remind me how much more complex it is to design controls for WinForms than ASP.net, a similar construct in the latter would be a smattering of CSS and a transparent image or three. I know that the corners would be a bugger, but, code-wise it'd be a damn sight easier to read. (Not that I'm saying that the code is badly written!)
Bring on WPF I say ;)
Whilst undoubtedly they look very smart, it does remind me how much more complex it is to design controls for WinForms than ASP.net, a similar construct in the latter would be a smattering of CSS and a transparent image or three. I know that the corners would be a bugger, but, code-wise it'd be a damn sight easier to read. (Not that I'm saying that the code is badly written!)
Bring on WPF I say ;)
