GUI design

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Hi,

My application needs an intuitive Front end. My app monitors movement in a
room.

What i would like to do is give an indication to the user where someone is
in the room.

To do this i thought of splitting the room into 8 zones during the day and 6
during night(this is due to the technology used to detect movement in
different light conditions). There will be a visual representation of these
zones with different colours. As the person moves around whichever zone that
the user is in will "light up"/change colour.

I need to be able to change between the 8 zone representation and 6 zone
representation depending on the light level detected.

My initial thoughts are maybe to create an ActibveX control to represent the
above.
This activeX control can be dropped onto whichever form needs to show a
visual represntation of the room.

I'm not sure the best way to build that activeX control. i.e should i use
labels for each zone or perhaps user defined bitmaps? There will be a
different representation for good/day light and poor/night light. So when
switching between these i need to change the bitmaps/controls representing
the zones.

I'd appreciate any advice/suggestions on how to achieve something like above.

Thanks In Advance
Macca
 
Yes,create 2 UserControls.. One for day time and one for Night time and load
dynamically at runtime. Every hour basically you check for time period. If
its day time your load Day time Usercontrol and if its Night unload daytime
one and load nighttime contorl






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