Stage 1: Creating the Shell and the Form

1. Create a new Windows Forms application named ShellApplication
2. rename Form1.cs to ShellForm.cs
3. Add Reference
   
   Microsoft.Practices.CompositeUI.dll
   Microsoft.Practices.CompositeUI.WinForms.dll
   Microsoft.Practices.ObjectBuilder.dll
   
   
4. create a custom workitem
1. create a new class named ShellWorkItem.cs
2. Inherit class from WorkItem and include namespace
   using Microsoft.Practices.CompositeUI;
   public class ShellWorkItem : WorkItem
   {
   }
5. modification in program.cs
1. rename Program.cs to ShellApplication.cs
2. include namespace
   

   using Microsoft.Practices.CompositeUI.WinForms;

3. Replace the static class ShellApplication with a public class that inherits from FormShellApplication
   

   public class ShellApplication :
   FormShellApplication<shellworkitem,shellform>
   {
   }

4. [STAThread]
   static void Main()
   {
   new ShellApplication().Run();
   }