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After skinning my nth control I got fed up with continually referring to the MS source code via reflector and made up my own diagram with all the control contracts in them. Print it out and stick it up on your work wall, hopefully you guys find it useful. Shoot me a comment of any changes you feel would be beneficial to this diagram.

If you don’t know what a contract is then refer back to my post on “Skinning a button - 4 different ways and counting“. Put simply the standard Silverlight controls wire themselves up to customized skins by finding specifically named storyboard’s and visual elements. At the moment the easiest way to retrieve these contracts is to interrogate the controls source code via reflector, I thought it would be easier to have a document that identified these contracts.

I also plan on maintaining this diagram over time, enjoy

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This builds on top of  my other diagram “Silverlight Control Hierarchy“.

You can also find this article on my new home site at CynergySystems.

In the process of mastering the Silverlight 2.0 controls I’ve documented graphically the hierarchy of the controls. It’s a simple diagram that shows relationships. I’m using this to cement my understanding of controls, in particular when creating my own controls, where and what parents to inherit from.

I plan on extending and maintaining this overtime. Please send feedback on improvements to this diagram.