Datagrid control for insering image and text

Question

Hello all just starting out in the world of C# .net programming so sorry if this is a complete newbie question. I would like to create an app that has images in one column of a table and associated text in subsequesnt columns. This information doesnt curerntly reside in a database. Is a datagrid the correct control to be using in such a case? or is there another control more suited to the task. Also could someone recommend a good C# .NET windows forms mailing list I could subscribe to? Thanks for your help. Cheers Dale

Andrzej Wegierski · Answer

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spgilmore · Answer

The datagrid can be used by adding items to data objects but doesn't have to be tied to an actual database. However it is extremely difficult to owner-draw a datagrid (and most other .NET controls in my sour opinion). The paint event args don't tell you what you're drawing it just expects you to draw the whole darn thing. You'll have to add some new column classes to allow the paint events that you want and then you have to owner-draw the images. In my opinion it is easier to build your own custom control than to owner-draw a data control and it would be more re-usable.