Create a CoverFlow control 

Sitefinity comes with a set of built-in controls, which can be directly used in the pages you create. You are also capable of creating your own custom controls and use them side by side with the default ones.

This tutorial guides you through the steps required to create a custom control that uses Silverlight for its UI. As an example, you will create a CoverFlow control. You use the control to present the images from a selected album. The tutorial focuses on the following:

• Setting up your environment
• Creating an empty Silverlight based control
• Implementing the features of the control

NOTE: This tutorial outlines only the main concepts of creating a Silverlight based control. You can find a full code sample for theCoverFlow control inside the samples project, which is shipped together with Sitefinity SDK.

For more information about the controls, see Working with controls.

System requirements

Before you begin creating your control, you must have the following installed:

• .NET Framework 4.0
• Visual Studio
• Sitefinity SDK

Prerequisites

In order to create and use your control, you need to have an up and running Sitefinity project. For more information about installing Sitefinity and creating and starting a project, see Installation and Administration Guide.

NOTE: The code provided in this documentation is written in C#. You can convert the code to VB using the Telerik Code Converter.