-        int existingExtent = (int)SendMessage(GetHwnd(), LB_GETHORIZONTALEXTENT, 0, 0L);
-        HDC dc = GetWindowDC(GetHwnd());
-        HFONT oldFont = 0;
-        if (GetFont().Ok() && GetFont().GetResourceHandle())
-            oldFont = (HFONT) ::SelectObject(dc, (HFONT) GetFont().GetResourceHandle());
-
-        GetTextMetrics(dc, &lpTextMetric);
-        SIZE extentXY;
-        ::GetTextExtentPoint(dc, (LPTSTR) (const wxChar *)s, s.Length(), &extentXY);
-        int extentX = (int)(extentXY.cx + lpTextMetric.tmAveCharWidth);
-
-        if (oldFont)
-            ::SelectObject(dc, oldFont);
-
-        ReleaseDC(GetHwnd(), dc);
-        if (extentX > existingExtent)
-            SendMessage(GetHwnd(), LB_SETHORIZONTALEXTENT, LOWORD(extentX), 0L);
-        return;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        int largestExtent = 0;
-        HDC dc = GetWindowDC(GetHwnd());
-        HFONT oldFont = 0;
-        if (GetFont().Ok() && GetFont().GetResourceHandle())
-            oldFont = (HFONT) ::SelectObject(dc, (HFONT) GetFont().GetResourceHandle());
-
-        GetTextMetrics(dc, &lpTextMetric);
-        int i;
-        for (i = 0; i < m_noItems; i++)
-        {
-            int len = (int)SendMessage(GetHwnd(), LB_GETTEXT, i, (LONG)wxBuffer);
-            wxBuffer[len] = 0;
-            SIZE extentXY;
-            ::GetTextExtentPoint(dc, (LPTSTR)wxBuffer, len, &extentXY);
-            int extentX = (int)(extentXY.cx + lpTextMetric.tmAveCharWidth);
-            if (extentX > largestExtent)
-                largestExtent = extentX;
-        }
-        if (oldFont)
-            ::SelectObject(dc, oldFont);
-
-        ReleaseDC(GetHwnd(), dc);
-        SendMessage(GetHwnd(), LB_SETHORIZONTALEXTENT, LOWORD(largestExtent), 0L);
+        int                         nIndex = (int)::WinSendMsg( GetHwnd()
+                                                               ,LM_INSERTITEM
+                                                               ,MPFROMLONG((LONG)(i + nPos))
+                                                               ,(MPARAM)asItems[i].c_str()
+                                                              );
+
+        wxOwnerDrawn*               pNewItem = CreateItem(nIndex);
+
+        pNewItem->SetName(asItems[i]);
+        pNewItem->SetFont(GetFont());
+        m_aItems.Insert(pNewItem, nIndex);
+        ::WinSendMsg( GetHwnd()
+                     ,LM_SETITEMHANDLE
+                     ,(MPARAM)((SHORT)nIndex)
+                     ,MPFROMP(pNewItem)
+                    );
+        m_nNumItems += nItems;