control on ComboBox dropdown area

[hain]

I'm trying to build a control inheriting from ComboBox. Instead of having a list of items in the dropdown area of the underlying ComboBox, I would like to show a control there. How can I get access to this area, so that I can use it like a control container? THANKS, Tom

[Christian Graus]

It's actually a control inside the combo box control, I believe.

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[hain]

Hmm... possibly so, but how do I get at it? Again, what I want to do is host controls (actually buttons) on the dropdown area. In other words, I don't want to display the normal ToString() manifestation of objects in the Items collection. Thanks, Tom