C#

// in the table control:
protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) {
  base.OnPaint(e);
  foreach (Cell c in cells) {
    c.Paint(e.Graphics, new Rectangle(...)); // tell the cell to draw itself
  }
}
// the cell:
class Cell { // no control!
  public void Paint(Graphics g, Rectangle r) {
    // drawing code
  }
}

softwarejaeger wrote:

i think at my project in that form i have round about 3000 controls.

softwarejaeger wrote:

what do you mean with "obscene" number of controls... i think at my project in that form i have round about 3000 controls.

softwarejaeger wrote:

what to do?