Hitting the Ground Running with Custom Webcontrols - by Miguel Castro The Western Mass .NET Users Group <http://wmassdotnet.org/cs/> is hosting its next monthly meeting Tuesday, September 5th at 6:00 PM in Easthampton. Please join us for our next presentation and discussion Hitting the Ground Running with Custom Webcontrols. The development of custom web controls is a .NET technology that is still underused. Many programmers use the built-in controls on a daily basis but have never explored the world of creating their own, and how it can bring a new level of object-oriented programming to the UI layer. It is an area of .NET development that has been dominated by 3rd party tool vendors while remaining untouched by a great deal of the general community. This presentation will introduce you to the three types of custom web controls - Inherited, Rendered, and Composite, brief you on differences, and describe advantages and disadvantages. We will then go through the code of three pre-built web controls demonstrating each of the types. Please bring an open mind, your ideas, and experience to share with the group. Software developers, project managers, students and anyone interested in software development with ASP.NET are encouraged to attend. About the speaker Miguel Castro <http://www.infotekcg.com/> is a .NET Consultant, Author, Speaker, and Trainer with over 20 years of IT experience. He has a background in full automation solutions encompassing all aspects of a project's life cycle, including data gathering, architecture, design, development, documentation, and training. He is also a Microsoft MVP in the area of Visual Developer C#, recently awarded for 2005. Meeting Details Tuesday, September 5 at 6:00 PM This meeting will be held at the Atalasoft, Inc. <http://www.atalasoft.com> office in Easthampton, MA. Click here for a map <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=116+Pleasant+St,+Easthampton+MA &ll=42.273625,-72.662544&spn=0.072528,0.181618&om=1> . Directions to Atalasoft, Inc.: >From the South Travel Interstate 91 North, take Exit 17B (Easthampton). Follow Route 141 to Easthampton. At the foot of the mountain, turn right onto East St. Follow for approx. 2.3 miles. Turn left on to Ferry St. Follow to the end. Take a left onto Pleasant St. Go approx 3/10 of a mile, Eastworks will be on your left at 116 Pleasant St. Enter the main entrance and take the stairs or elevator to the 3rd floor. The Atalasoft office is just past the Eastworks office on the left, Suite 321 >From the North Travel Interstate 91 South; take Exit 18 (Northampton). Take a right at the bottom of the ramp. Follow route 5 to Easthampton. Turn right onto East St. Follow for approx. 1.5 miles. Turn right on to Ferry St. Follow to the end. Take a left onto Pleasant St. Go approx 3/10 of a mile, Eastworks will be on your left at 116 Pleasant St. Enter the main entrance and take the stairs or elevator to the 3rd floor. The Atalasoft office is just past the Eastworks office on the left, Suite 321. (if you miss East St. and end up in the town of Easthampton, follow signs for Rt. 10 north, and take a right at the rotary onto Pleasant St. Eastworks will be on your right.) If you have questions, please direct them to Jami Albro-Fisher <http://wmassdotnet.org/cs/user/Profile.aspx?UserID=2103> (413-536-5989) User Group Leader, Western Mass .NET Users Group <http://wmassdotnet.org/cs/> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20060905/1ed017bd/attachment-0005.html