# January 2005 "Advanced Basics" column up on MSDN
Yet another control development topic... this time I'm building a 'star rating' control, similar to what you find in Windows Media Player's UI...

![](https://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/01/AdvancedBasics/fig01.gif)

Check out the article here: [Creating a Five-Star Rating Control](https://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/01/AdvancedBasics/default.aspx)