ASP.NET Server Controls Tutorial
In this tutorial, you will learn how to build an ASP.NET server control by creating a Hello World Control. Along the way, we'll review the fundamental process of server control development from scratch. Creating a Custom Control Project First, we need to create a new class library project to hold our custom controls. By creating the custom control in a separate class library, we can compile the project into a separate DLL and use the custom control in any application that requires it. Open your ASP.NET project with Visual Studio or Visual Web Developer. In Solution Explorer, right click the solution name, and select Add New Project from the context menu. In the Add New Project dialog box, choose the project type to be a Web project, and select ASP.NET Server Control as the template, like so: