Custom Controls in C# Books

[grip003]

I need to learn how to make custom controls in C#, specifically for creating a better DataGrid. Can anyone recommend a good book/link that could help me out? I'd rather not have to re-write the entire DataGrid over. I just need some additional functionality.

 

Thanks in advance

[Robby]

Web or Windows forms?

[Robby]

If it's web based then this book seems decent, most MS Press books from this series are easy to follow and have many samples and labs. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735615829/booksandpos02-20/104-9991728-5211955?dev-t=D3R39P4FOXC4MW%26camp=2025%26link_code=xm2

[grip003]

It is not web based, but thanks for the suggestion. I've been looking at the following:

 

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0972317910/qid=1097166982/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-6762921-8772664?v=glance&s=books

 

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1861006314/qid=1097167020/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/103-6762921-8772664?v=glance&s=books

 

But I really don't know what to look for.

[Robby]

Wrox books are great especially the Professional series, but I think this one may cover too much GDI than you need.

 

The one from Bluevision... I'm not sure I like the reviews too much...

 

I'd search some more.

[grip003]

I've gone back to researching some books, and I have thought about the following:

 

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1590590457/qid=1097235735/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/103-6762921-8772664?v=glance&s=books

 

Let me also give a little more information about what I am trying to accomplish overall. I am the only software developer for a company building relatively small applications. These applications access a mySQL database and run on mutliple machines (all accessing the database at the same time). Almost every screen uses a grid to display some portion of data to the user. I really want to be able to use the grid for entering data as well as have the ability to colorize certain cells in the grid based on values, etc.

 

My experience in college and grad school revolved around mostly C++ programming, and console applications. They seemed to be more concerned with theory, so I have almost no experience in form development. I have already written a medium size (50,000 lines of code) application in VB6 for the company I work for, again using mySQL as the database. I really want to make the move towards .net. I know this is probably too much information, but I don't really have enough of a budget to just buy any books and start messing around. I also don't have the kind of time to read through useless books digging for anything that could help. So, I am in search of .net, really C# right now, books to aid me in my software development.

 

I think I need help in the following areas of C#:

1) Event Handlers (creating my own)

2) Form/Window design

3) Extending controls

4) Custom Controls