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XPTable - .NET ListView meets Java's JTable

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A fully customisable ListView style control based on Java's JTable.
/*
 * Copyright � 2005, Mathew Hall
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 *
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 *
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 */


using System;


namespace XPTable.Win32
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Specifies the extended window style of the window being created
	/// </summary>
	internal enum WindowExtendedStyles
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Creates a window that has a double border; the window can, optionally, be 
		/// created with a title bar by specifying the WS_CAPTION style in the dwStyle 
		/// parameter
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME = 0x00000001,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Specifies that a child window created with this style does not send the 
		/// WM_PARENTNOTIFY message to its parent window when it is created or destroyed
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_NOPARENTNOTIFY = 0x00000004,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Specifies that a window created with this style should be placed above all 
		/// non-topmost windows and should stay above them, even when the window is 
		/// deactivated. To add or remove this style, use the SetWindowPos function
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_TOPMOST = 0x00000008,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Specifies that a window created with this style accepts drag-drop files
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES = 0x00000010,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Specifies that a window created with this style should not be painted until 
		/// siblings beneath the window (that were created by the same thread) have been 
		/// painted. The window appears transparent because the bits of underlying sibling 
		/// windows have already been painted. To achieve transparency without these 
		/// restrictions, use the SetWindowRgn function
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_TRANSPARENT = 0x00000020,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Creates a multiple-document interface (MDI) child window
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_MDICHILD = 0x00000040,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Creates a tool window; that is, a window intended to be used as a floating 
		/// toolbar. A tool window has a title bar that is shorter than a normal title 
		/// bar, and the window title is drawn using a smaller font. A tool window does 
		/// not appear in the taskbar or in the dialog that appears when the user presses 
		/// ALT+TAB. If a tool window has a system menu, its icon is not displayed on the 
		/// title bar. However, you can display the system menu by right-clicking or by 
		/// typing ALT+SPACE
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW = 0x00000080,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Specifies that a window has a border with a raised edge
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE = 0x00000100,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Specifies that a window has a border with a sunken edge
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE = 0x00000200,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Includes a question mark in the title bar of the window. When the user 
		/// clicks the question mark, the cursor changes to a question mark with a 
		/// pointer. If the user then clicks a child window, the child receives a 
		/// WM_HELP message. The child window should pass the message to the parent 
		/// window procedure, which should call the WinHelp function using the 
		/// HELP_WM_HELP command. The Help application displays a pop-up window that 
		/// typically contains help for the child window. WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP cannot be 
		/// used with the WS_MAXIMIZEBOX or WS_MINIMIZEBOX styles
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP = 0x00000400,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// The window has generic "right-aligned" properties. This depends on the window 
		/// class. This style has an effect only if the shell language is Hebrew, Arabic, 
		/// or another language that supports reading-order alignment; otherwise, the style 
		/// is ignored. Using the WS_EX_RIGHT style for static or edit controls has the 
		/// same effect as using the SS_RIGHT or ES_RIGHT style, respectively. Using this 
		/// style with button controls has the same effect as using BS_RIGHT and BS_RIGHTBUTTON 
		/// styles
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_RIGHT = 0x00001000,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Creates a window that has generic left-aligned properties. This is the default
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_LEFT = 0x00000000,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// If the shell language is Hebrew, Arabic, or another language that supports 
		/// reading-order alignment, the window text is displayed using right-to-left 
		/// reading-order properties. For other languages, the style is ignored
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_RTLREADING = 0x00002000,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// The window text is displayed using left-to-right reading-order properties. 
		/// This is the default
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_LTRREADING = 0x00000000,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// If the shell language is Hebrew, Arabic, or another language that supports 
		/// reading order alignment, the vertical scroll bar (if present) is to the left 
		/// of the client area. For other languages, the style is ignored
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_LEFTSCROLLBAR = 0x00004000,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Vertical scroll bar (if present) is to the right of the client area. This 
		/// is the default
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_RIGHTSCROLLBAR = 0x00000000,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// The window itself contains child windows that should take part in dialog 
		/// box navigation. If this style is specified, the dialog manager recurses 
		/// into children of this window when performing navigation operations such 
		/// as handling the TAB key, an arrow key, or a keyboard mnemonic
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT = 0x00010000,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Creates a window with a three-dimensional border style intended to be used 
		/// for items that do not accept user input
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_STATICEDGE = 0x00020000,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Forces a top-level window onto the taskbar when the window is visible
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_APPWINDOW = 0x00040000,

		/// <summary>
		/// Windows 2000/XP: Creates a layered window. Note that this cannot be used 
		/// for child windows. Also, this cannot be used if the window has a class 
		/// style of either CS_OWNDC or CS_CLASSDC
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_LAYERED = 0x00080000,

		/// <summary>
		/// Windows 2000/XP: A window created with this style does not pass its window 
		/// layout to its child windows
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_NOINHERITLAYOUT = 0x00100000,

		/// <summary>
		/// Arabic and Hebrew versions of Windows 98/Me, Windows 2000/XP: Creates a window 
		/// whose horizontal origin is on the right edge. Increasing horizontal values 
		/// advance to the left
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_LAYOUTRTL = 0x00400000,

		/// <summary>
		/// Windows XP: Paints all descendants of a window in bottom-to-top painting order 
		/// using double-buffering. This cannot be used if the window has a class style of 
		/// either CS_OWNDC or CS_CLASSDC
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_COMPOSITED = 0x02000000,

		/// <summary>
		/// Windows 2000/XP: A top-level window created with this style does not become the 
		/// foreground window when the user clicks it. The system does not bring this window 
		/// to the foreground when the user minimizes or closes the foreground window. To 
		/// activate the window, use the SetActiveWindow or SetForegroundWindow function. 
		/// The window does not appear on the taskbar by default. To force the window to 
		/// appear on the taskbar, use the WS_EX_APPWINDOW style
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_NOACTIVATE = 0x08000000,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Combines the WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE and WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE styles
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW = 0x00000300,
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Combines the WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE, WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW, and WS_EX_TOPMOST styles
		/// </summary>
		WS_EX_PALETTEWINDOW = 0x00000188,
	}
}

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