> easy embedding of (single or multiple) controls - particularly > canvases, popups, checkboxes and/or radiobuttons.
I'd be happy with a nice virtual grid that didn't attempt to put "real" (i.e. platform-native) controls into cells, especially using some tricky/fragile mechanism that will probably cause no end of technical glitches. I've seen plenty of apps with ersatz radio buttons, checkboxes, etc. that have simplified rendering but are good looking, well behaved, and readily accepted by users. Native controls often don't render that well inside a grid anyway, where every pixel counts. (The grid could be skinnable, so that purists could take on the task of skinning the listbox with controls that look just right on Platform X, Version Y -- a great fourth-party opportunity!) I think the challenge for a grid control is coming up with an event model and a data provider model that handle all that (including niceties like hover highlighting, etc.), AND are easy to program when all you need is to throw some data up there, AND that fit into the RB architecture nicely so you can hook them up with other controls as your needs evolve. A full-featured grid control is like a little windowing system all on its own. That's why good ones are so rare. lj _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
