CList vs. List

[Elizabeth Barham <lizzy soggytrousers net>]

Hi,

   I have a very large list of strings that needs to rapidly update
(it changes as the user enters the beginning of a word).

   I first tried it with CList and the results were very nice but,
since there is only one column and no need for a column header, there
were errors after a while in that a child widget was requesting a very
wide but very thin area. Plus, the horizontal scroll did not work
correctly. However, the CList widget did update very quickly.

   Due to the problems with CList, I tried regular list and, while it
looks okay, it takes a long time for it to update as occasionally
there will be over a thousand items - maybe two or three seconds in
which there is an obvious pause in the application.

   So, my question is, what do you suggest I use for displaying a
selectable list of strings that must update quickly?

   Thank you,
   Elizabeth