Composite UI Application Block
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The Composite UI Application Block (or CAB) is an addition to Microsoft's .Net Framework for creating complex user interfaces made of loosely coupled components. It was developed by Microsoft's patterns & practices team, it's considered to be part of the Enterprise Library. CAB is used exclusively for developing Windows Forms. It encourages the developer to use either the Model-View-Controller or Model-View-Presenter architectural pattern, to encourage reuse of the individual User Controls (referred to in CAB as "SmartParts") by not coupling them with their underlying data elements or presentation code.
It is part of the foundation of the Smart Client Software Factory, another patterns & practices deliverable. It is also part of the Mobile Client Software Factory which is a version of the Smart Client Software Factory for use with the .NET Compact Framework 2.0.
