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Custom Control Feature

I want to try out the new custom control feature.
I have installed the SP1 Beta but I don't know where to start...
Could anybody point me out a sample or give me an idea how to build a new work item custom control?
Do I have to inherit from a specific class, do i have to register my control type somehow, how do I reference it in the work item section of the process template?
Thanks!
Mike

Mike Lapierre

We are working on providing documentation and a sample pretty soon (by early next week). I'll add pointers to it as soon as they are available. Basically the control needs to implement IWorkItemControl interface.

http://blogs.msdn.com/narend

Naren Datha - MSFT

I'd be pretty interested in this too. Not just from the point of view of editable fields, but also from fixed fields that are set per work item type; e.g. an image that can act as a visual indicator for the work item type that is currently open. Many of the work item type forms are similar in layout - and there is a good reasons for that as developers don't have to hunt for fields just for the sake of making the layout different - so it would be nice for example to put an image top left that indicates a bug or a development task or a risk, etc. to help immediate recognition of what is being looked at in VS. I am hoping that this can be done with custom controls and hopefully any supplied examples will allow me to figure it out.

Steve

Steve Huckett

Steve, the documentation now is available at http://blogs.msdn.com/narend/archive/2006/10/02/How-to-use-Custom-Controls-in-Work-Item-Form.aspx . Yes, it is possible to get work item type from workitem object in your control and display icons specific to the type.

http://blogs.msdn.com/narend

Naren Datha - MSFT

Naren

Thanks for the info - this should be very useful. At the moment we haven't deployed SP1 as we don't have a TFS instance that isn't live and our technical team who manage the servers a cautious about putting beta software on our TFS. I will get onto this though when SP1 goes live.

Thanks

Steve

Steve Huckett

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