Urgent | Creating dynamic UI using Layout Panels

[Anoop]

Hi,
Requirement: Create Edit Forms dynamically i.e. at runtime in C#.net. The
child contol(s) information e.g. no.of control, their type(lable/textbox),
enabled/disabled etc. is coming from the DB.
Options: The available options are:
1. Use LayoutPanels - FlowLayoutPanel/TableLayoutPane l to layout the
controls on the Form.
2. Use simple panels and wirte complex logic with a lot of harded values
for location/size etc. of the controls
Issue: I prefer Option 1 and use LayoutPanels. TableLayoutPanl e is powerful
but has limitation that it should not be nested and inherited i.e. don't
have it in the base class and then add controls in the child class. There
are performance issues when form is resized. FlowLayout is does not provide
good features.
Question: can I use FlowLayoutPanel and TableLayoutPane l togeather i.e. use
one inside the other e.g. TableLayoutPane l as a parent and use multiple
FlowLayoutPanel s inside it?

Anyother suggestions would be highly appreciated!!
Please respond a.s.a.p.

Thanks!!
-Anoop

[James]

I have never done such a thing, but they are both containers therefore it
would seem logical. Why don't you give it a go?

James Jenkins
Bandwidth Vista -Freeware
http://www.tamarsolutions.co.uk

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Hi,
Requirement: Create Edit Forms dynamically i.e. at runtime in C#.net. The
child contol(s) information e.g. no.of control, their type(lable/textbox),
enabled/disabled etc. is coming from the DB.
Options: The available options are:
1. Use LayoutPanels - FlowLayoutPanel/TableLayoutPane l to layout the
controls on the Form.
2. Use simple panels and wirte complex logic with a lot of harded
values
for location/size etc. of the controls
Issue: I prefer Option 1 and use LayoutPanels. TableLayoutPanl e is
powerful
but has limitation that it should not be nested and inherited i.e. don't
have it in the base class and then add controls in the child class. There
are performance issues when form is resized. FlowLayout is does not
provide
good features.
Question: can I use FlowLayoutPanel and TableLayoutPane l togeather i.e.
use
one inside the other e.g. TableLayoutPane l as a parent and use multiple
FlowLayoutPanel s inside it?

Anyother suggestions would be highly appreciated!!
Please respond a.s.a.p.

Thanks!!
-Anoop