Where can I find information about guidelines to be followed while designing Stylable controls?
You can check out the following link for designing Stylable controls,
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms752339.aspx
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1. Deriving from UserControl class. Consider this when,
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Your control consists of existing components.
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You don’t need to support complex customization.
2. Deriving from Control,
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You would like the appearance of the control through ControlTemplate.
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You would like the control to support different themes.
3. Deriving from FrameworkElement,
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You want to have fine-grained control over the appearance of your control beyond what is generally provided.
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You want to define the appearance of your control by defining your own render logic.
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