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i was trying to complete a tutorial on custom controls and all of the tutorials that ive found say that you have to choose a project template called "windows control library". I don't have that template as an option! I am using VS2010 professional. Any ideas?

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The "Windows Control Library" project template is used to quickly get started creating custom controls for use in Windows Forms (WinForms) applications. It creates a project that is automatically populated with the necessary references and files.

  1. To create a new project of this type, you first have to pick one of the .NET languages—it doesn't matter which—either C#, VB.NET or C++/CLI.

  2. Then, select the "Windows" category to narrow down the scope of the project types that are listed.

  3. Finally, select the project type called "Windows Forms Control Library".

   

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  • yeeah... i read that tutorial too. i dont have that option :S – Sinaesthetic Jul 24 '11 at 05:30
  • @Sinaesthetic: That's *very* strange. That screenshot is from Visual Studio 2010 Professional, which is the same version you said you're running. You might try re-running the setup program to make sure that you've installed all of the components. – Cody Gray - on strike Jul 24 '11 at 05:33