> The first row of the list should contain a choice that would trigger to
> build and present a different list .
> Additionally, if this is possible, I would like the user to be able to
> modify the list or to add to it (at a specific index of the list).

> I tried:
> 1 ComboBox:
>    It is not ideal, since I would like to show the user most if not all
the
> items of the list (max 12 items). I used an Arial font to setup the row so
> that every item is correctly aligned. It is easy to add a new Item using
the
> edit but I did not find a way to add it at a specific position.
> 2 ListBox:
>    The trick of setting up a row with different items aligned using blanks
> and using Arial surprisingly doesn't work (unlsee I made some mistake).
> Adding additional items it is not as easy and I did not find how to add it
> where the user wants.

> The first row of the list should contain a choice that would trigger to
> build and present a different list .
> Additionally, if this is possible, I would like the user to be able to
> modify the list or to add to it (at a specific index of the list).

> > The first row of the list should contain a choice that would trigger to
> > build and present a different list .
> > Additionally, if this is possible, I would like the user to be able to
> > modify the list or to add to it (at a specific index of the list).

> > I tried:
> > 1 ComboBox:
> >    It is not ideal, since I would like to show the user most if not all
> the
> > items of the list (max 12 items). I used an Arial font to setup the row
so
> > that every item is correctly aligned. It is easy to add a new Item using
> the
> > edit but I did not find a way to add it at a specific position.
> > 2 ListBox:
> >    The trick of setting up a row with different items aligned using
blanks
> > and using Arial surprisingly doesn't work (unlsee I made some mistake).
> > Adding additional items it is not as easy and I did not find how to add
it
> > where the user wants.

> A TStringGrid (or better - an enhanced 3rd party descendant) should be
ideal
> for the job, as it has both columns and Insert/edit functionality. You may
> also laod data directly into the grid using CommaText property.

>   Rows[i].CommaText:=TextLine;

> --
> Regards,

> Bj?rge S?ther
> bjorge@haha_itte.no

> >I had thought to a TStringGrid, but it looked somewhat too complicated

> If you're looking to decide which column of a stringgrid was clicked,
there is
> a simple technique which overcomes the problem of not getting the mouse
cell in
> the OnClick or OnDoubleClick handler. This stores the mouse X & Y in a
global
> variable in OnMouseDown, then accesses those in the OnDoubleClick event
handler
> and uses MouseToCell. This relies on the fact that a mouse-down
notification is
> always sent before a click or double-click notification. The code is as
follows
> ...

> var
>   MouseX, MouseY : integer;

> procedure TForm1.StringGrid1MouseDown(Sender: TObject;
>          Button: TMouseButton; Shift: TShiftState; X, Y: Integer);
> begin
>   {store mouse X & Y}
>   MouseX := X;
>   MouseY := Y;
> end;

> procedure TForm1.StringGrid1DblClick(Sender: TObject);
> var
>   ACol, ARow : integer;
> begin
>   {calculate cell}
>   StringGrid1.MouseToCell(MouseX, MouseY, ACol, ARow);
>   {test for menu row}
>   if ARow = 1 then
>     ShowMessage('You Dbl-Clicked Column ' + IntToStr(ACol));
> end;

> Alan Loyd
> alangll...@aol.com

> The first row of the list should contain a choice that would trigger to
> build and present a different list .
> Additionally, if this is possible, I would like the user to be able to
> modify the list or to add to it (at a specific index of the list).
> 2 ListBox:
>    The trick of setting up a row with different items aligned using blanks
> and using Arial surprisingly doesn't work (unlsee I made some mistake).
> Adding additional items it is not as easy and I did not find how to add it
> where the user wants.

> "Franco Jommi" <franco.jom...@tin.it> wrote in message
> news:MVCda.75217$pG1.1732290@news1.tin.it...
> > I have the following requirement: I want to show the user a list from
> which
> > he can make a choice. The list is made up of rows with 3 different data
> like
> > the following:
> > Jan-Feb     100   1000
> > Mar-Apr    200   1500
> > ............      ......   .......

> > The first row of the list should contain a choice that would trigger to
> > build and present a different list .
> > Additionally, if this is possible, I would like the user to be able to
> > modify the list or to add to it (at a specific index of the list).

> > 2 ListBox:
> >    The trick of setting up a row with different items aligned using
blanks
> > and using Arial surprisingly doesn't work (unlsee I made some mistake).
> > Adding additional items it is not as easy and I did not find how to add
it
> > where the user wants.

> Have you tried using tabs with a listbox or tCheckListBox? Another option
> would be to make the list box OwnerDraw.

> You might also want to investigate tVirtualTree
> (http://www.lischke-online.de/VirtualTreeview/VT.php). Its the string tree
> descendant is relatively easy to use, supports check boxes and multiple
> columns.