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Re: Looking for Canvas vs. Container Control custom control

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Subject: Re: Looking for Canvas vs. Container Control custom control
From: Tim Jones <tjmac at tolisgroup dot com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:25:25 -0700
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On Jun 30, 2007, at 3:20 AM, Tim Jones wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm looking to implement a custom control class that will display a  
> custom view into a stack of customer buttons (canvases).

'customer' should be 'custom' (hey, it's 3:25 in the morning ... :-) )

> What I want  to do is to be able to create zero to n buttons in a  
> scrollable view.  The control must be able to add of remove buttons  
> and provide vertical scrolling to allow the user to access all of  
> the current buttons, regardless of the number.
>
> I've examined doing this with a scrollable canvas, but 'm concerned  
> with the flicker that I witness on Windows and Linux.  This led me  
> to a container control as the host control, but I'm lost as to how  
> to implement the vertical scroll operation.
>
> Anyone using container controls for a similar function or have  
> ideas of how to implement this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim
> --
> Tim Jones
> tjmac at tolisgroup dot com

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