WPF Writing custom Control

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Published on 2010-04-13T18:39:33Z Indexed on 2010/04/13 20:03 UTC
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I wanted to write a Custom Control that would show a family tree... so i looked on FamilyShow....

So their control inherits FrameworkElement but then every thing gets super complex... are there any easy tutorials out there that show how to implement a custom FrameworkElement with children and so on?

Basically what i fail to do is this, Add child controls and show them, and when drawing getting the coordinates of the child controls...

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