I had the same problem and I used a table. With customTableItem you don't
need to "format and keep all the data"; your CustomDrawProcedure callback
formats it on the fly as needed. I had one wide table column which I
subdivided into several user-sized columns in my CustomDrawProcedure.

HTH...

Dave

<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I need to display a (possibly) long list of read-only data in column form,
with
> user-resizeable columns. I first considered a table, but I would need to
format
> and keep all the data into ready to display static strings. So instead, I
chose
> a list, as recommended in the Palm OS Programming Guide for read-only
data.
> Only drawbacks: the scroll arrows get drawn within the list and the list
is
> surrounded by a frame, which doesn't invite to horizontal scrolling (if
need
> be). So in the end, if these drawbaks cannot be circumvented (can they?),
a
> gadget seems more appropriate, despite the added burden of handling
scrolling
> and row selection. The code recipes I found so far (Palm Source) are
pretty
> basic.
>
> Suggestions and/or examples would thus make a great virtual Xmas gift ;)
>
>
> -- 
> Luc Le Blanc
>



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