Hi Dragan,

Thanks for your reply. Got the idea. We just need to populate it not only vertically but horizontally as well.

If these were instantiated into a container control, can a container "grow scrollbars"? Or should we just add commandbuttons for "navigation"?

Dennis


>>Hi All,
>>
>>Anybody ever did a class that creates command buttons to represent records in a table? Am planning to use this type of UI to show the students in a particular section -- or maybe there is a much better idea, I will be happier for that.
>
>That should be easy - simply
>
>

lnTop=0
>scan
>   lcName="btn"+transform(recno())
>   this.addobject(lcName, "commandbutton")
>   loButton=this.getpem(lcName)
>   with loButton
>      .top=lntop
>      .caption="Button # "+transform(recno())   && or something else
>      lnTop=lnTop+.height+2
>      .visible=.t.
>   endwith
>endscan

>
>Of course you may want to set more properties, and of course you will run out of vertical space. You may want to introduce multiple columns of buttons, if you like.