Accomplish gallery-type display with a Windows Forms data control and DataTable?

Question

I have a datatable that looks like the following:

Room   Cook   Waiter  BG_Image
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201    Joe    Jim     Green.png
         


        

Answer 1

Here's some VB code to add an array of textboxes to a FlowLayoutPanel:

Sub AddMany(cols As Integer, rows As Integer)
    Dim txt As TextBox
    FlowLayoutPanel1.FlowDirection = FlowDirection.LeftToRight
    FlowLayoutPanel1.AutoScroll = True
    For y As Integer = 0 To rows - 1
        For x As Integer = 0 To cols - 1
            If Not (x = 0 And y = 0) Then
                txt = New TextBox
                txt.Text = "txt_" & y & "_" & x
                txt.Name = "txt_" & y & "_" & x
                FlowLayoutPanel1.Controls.Add(txt)
                AddHandler txt.KeyDown, AddressOf MoveKeyDown
                AddHandler txt.DoubleClick, AddressOf ShowMeta
            End If
        Next
        FlowLayoutPanel1.SetFlowBreak(txt, True)
    Next
End Sub

Instead of simple TextBoxes you could add Buttons with images or PictureBoxes. You'd have to paint the text onto the images - or use a custom control.