Compact Framework - ListView like control ?

Question

Hello.

I have been playing with Compact Framework lately and i need some advice.

I have a collection of items. One of the properties on each item is a string type that holds XML. This XML defines image, font, style etc...

Im looking for a control (similar to listView) that would replace listBox control.

Im not satisfied with listView control, because it is very limited on items level.

The control has to be dynamic enough so that my parser could parse the XML and customise the control. For a start i would like to show an image and perhaps some font styles for each row in the control.

Here is a sample what im trying to achieve:

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Well you could write your own Custrom Control providing the desired interfaces.. I'd propose to inherit from ListBox.

Answer 2

I have tried ListBox2 as Mr.Roys suggested. I like the concept and the fact i can override onPaint and onDrawItem events. But i think I am missing something. I want that each item that is drawn has various height. I looked into it and i found that i have to set DrawMode to OwnerDrawVariable in order to achieve this. But as i see i can only choose Normal and OwnerDrawFixed. Can i somehow do this or will i have to write a control from scratch?