Custom Controls in Work Item Types

This post introduces the Work Item Tracking Custom Controls mechanism for Team Foundation Server, allowing for enhanced UI capabilities, event-based rules, and workflow extensions within Work Items. It details the purpose, restrictions, implementation rules (deriving from System.Windows.Forms.Control, implementing IWorkItemControl), and how to define custom controls in Work Item Type definitions using the 'Type' attribute. It also explains the role of Work Item Custom Control (.wicc) manifest files for locating and loading custom control assemblies.