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      void MyTreeCtrl::PopulateElementNode(wxTreeItemId &id)
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      {
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      //adding panel control elements and setting its sizer
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         //the next two lines do not work .  A MyTreeCtrl  and a MyPanel are children of MyFrame ,which is the top level window. A MyPanel object exists inside MyTreeCtrl Class.An event on a node in the tree should populate the panel.I am setting a sizer with the panel ,but it does not get set. The sizer for the toplevel frame was set at a different place before this event.
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              wxBoxSizer *paneltopsizer = new wxBoxSizer(wxVERTICAL);
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              (this->mypanel)->SetSizer(paneltopsizer);
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              this->MyListCtrl=new wxListCtrl(this->mypanel,
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                      wxID_LISTCTRL,wxDefaultPosition,wxSize(245,100),wxLC_REPORT);
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              wxButton *Add=new wxButton(this->mypanel,wxID_ADD,wxT("Add"));
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              *Delete=new wxButton(this->mypanel,wxID_DELETE,wxT("Delete"));
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              wxButton *ApplyChanges=new wxButton(this->mypanel,wxID_APPLYCHANGES,wxT("ApplyChanges"));
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              wxBoxSizer *panelbuttonsizer = new wxBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL);
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              panelbuttonsizer->Add(Add,0,wxALL|wxALIGN_RIGHT,5);
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              panelbuttonsizer->Add(Delete,0,wxALL|wxALIGN_RIGHT,5);
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              panelbuttonsizer->Add(ApplyChanges,0,wxALL|wxALIGN_RIGHT,5);
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              paneltopsizer->Add(this->MyListCtrl,1,wxALL|wxEXPAND,10);
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              paneltopsizer->Add(panelbuttonsizer,0, wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL|wxALL, 5);
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      //panel control ends
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      }