What are the different models for Control authoring ?

1. Deriving from UserControl class. Consider this when,

• Your control consists of existing components.

• You don’t need to support complex customization.

2. Deriving from Control,

• You would like the appearance of the control through ControlTemplate.

• You would like the control to support different themes.

3. Deriving from FrameworkElement,

• You want to have fine-grained control over the appearance of your control beyond what is generally provided.

• You want to define the appearance of your control by defining your own render logic.