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I would like to create a grid cell item that will be used in a property grid so I can instead of showing a drop down of enumerated types, show a drop down of custom drawn items that would illustrate the enumeration values. Should I inherit from the CExtGridCell class and is there a help topic on doing something like this?

Thanks in advance.

Yes. You need a new grid cell class with custom painted items in popup list box. The CExtGridCell::OnPopupListBoxItemDraw() and CExtGridCell::OnPopupListBoxItemMeasure()) virtual methods can be overridden for providing a custom size and look for popup list box items. The CExtGridCell::OnPaint***() virtual methods allow you to repaint the entire grid cell or any of its build in parts. The How to define a custom cell type? question is answered here:
http://www.prof-uis.com/prof-uis/tech-support/feature-articles/prof-uis-grid-brief-overview.aspx
http://www.prof-uis.com/prof-uis/tech-support/faq/data-grid.aspx#i-derived-a-class-from-cextgridcell-but-it-fails-to-be-compiled-what-may-be-wrong
Please note, you can use HTML everywhere where you see simple plain text in any of Prof-UIS components. HTML can contain images. So, you can use HTML instead of custom drawing.