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This article describes the development of a pie chart user control for WPF that uses data binding. The pie chart is not backed by its own model, rather, it binds directly to your data objects. This has the big advantage that the WPF framework takes care of handling events that relate to changes in the bound data, updating the pie chart view accordingly.

CueProvider is a lightweight class that lets you set a cue banner (the grey prompt text that automatically disappears when you begin to type) in a TextBox control.

This article is about a Password Strength control, which can be used in password dialogs and login windows in Windows based .NET applications. If you want, you can use it as a progress bar control as well. This control can be shaped to different styles and can be extended, if needed.

ASP.NET's new ListView control provides template-based layout for both display and CRUD database operations, making it an extremely way to build data-centric Web applications.

Expanding .NET CF's 2.0 WebBrowser to handle mouse events.

Create a custom asp.net 3.5 control with WebResources, client side JS and httphandlers

Microsoft Excel has a very useful auto-filter function. With this function enabled on a column, the user is able to select filters from a drop-down list, which when selected, are applied to the column. This article describes how to add similar filter functionality to the WPF ListView control.

In this article we are going to see the use of graphics in Smart Phones and PDA applications.

Useful control that reproduces most of PropertyGrid functionality in Compact Framework.

Anyone who has spent time developing URL rewriters will know that these do not always play nicely with AJAX components. This is because the HtmlForm element written out by .NET uses the actual URL for post-backs, and not the page's virtual URL that you are trying to preserve. This article discusses how this can be resolved cleanly, and also shows how control adapters may be set programmatically using Reflection. This is useful for creating plug & play components such as URL rewriters in order to minimise the amount of configuration required.