VB .NET Form Question

[Marc]

When I add controls to a form and run the .exe under Win XP, the outline of the form displays first and then the controls on the form. The .exe works fine but the initial show looks like the computer is running slow because the form does not show all at once. It shows one control at a time. Yes, I do have functions in the form_load event but even if I remove these functions, the same slow looking show occurs. This did not occur in VB6 unless the PC was running very slow. Is this characteristic of VB .NET? Is there a way to force the form to display all at once? Thanks very much for your help.
Marc

[Cor Ligthert]

Hi Marc,

Normaly is the form painted after the load event, so show some code you have
in that?

Cor

When I add controls to a form and run the .exe under Win XP, the outline of the form displays first and then the controls on the form. The .exe
works fine but the initial show looks like the computer is running slow
because the form does not show all at once. It shows one control at a time.
Yes, I do have functions in the form_load event but even if I remove these
functions, the same slow looking show occurs. This did not occur in VB6
unless the PC was running very slow. Is this characteristic of VB .NET? Is
there a way to force the form to display all at once? Thanks very much for
your help. Marc

[Cor Ligthert]

Hi Marc,

Normaly is the form painted after the load event, so show some code you have
in that?

Cor

When I add controls to a form and run the .exe under Win XP, the outline of the form displays first and then the controls on the form. The .exe
works fine but the initial show looks like the computer is running slow
because the form does not show all at once. It shows one control at a time.
Yes, I do have functions in the form_load event but even if I remove these
functions, the same slow looking show occurs. This did not occur in VB6
unless the PC was running very slow. Is this characteristic of VB .NET? Is
there a way to force the form to display all at once? Thanks very much for
your help. Marc

[Cor Ligthert]

Hi Marc,

Dit you have that code as well in your VB6 application where you wrote about
that it was not so slow?

Cor

Here is the code in the form's paint event:
Dim DrawPen1 As New Pen(Color.Black, 4)
e.Graphics.DrawLine(DrawPen1, 0, 54, 400, 54)
e.Graphics.DrawLine(DrawPen1, 0, 84, 400, 84)
e.Graphics.DrawLine(DrawPen1, 0, 232, 400, 232)
e.Graphics.DrawLine(DrawPen1, 0, InitialFormHeight - 34, 400, InitialFormHeight - 34)

Hi Marc,

Normaly is the form painted after the load event, so show some code you have in that?

Cor

When I add controls to a form and run the .exe under Win XP, the

outline of the form displays first and then the controls on the form. The .exe
works fine but the initial show looks like the computer is running slow
because the form does not show all at once. It shows one control at a time. Yes, I do have functions in the form_load event but even if I remove these functions, the same slow looking show occurs. This did not occur in VB6
unless the PC was running very slow. Is this characteristic of VB .NET? Is there a way to force the form to display all at once? Thanks very much for your help.

Marc

[Cor Ligthert]

Hi Marc,

Before I reinvent the wheel, there was a short while ago a discussion about
this in the newsgroup

microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb

http://www.google.com/gr************...TNGP11.phx.gbl
In my opinion a better newsgroup for question like this than this general
one.

So maybe next time you can ask this question better there.

Cor

No, I used the VB6 line control. I have not found an equivalent control in .NET. I removed the Paint code and the form loads a lot faster. I did
not think using Paint would slow down the display. Is there any alternative
to using paint to add a line? Thanks for your help.

"Cor Ligthert" wrote:

Hi Marc,

Dit you have that code as well in your VB6 application where you wrote about that it was not so slow?

Cor

Here is the code in the form's paint event:
Dim DrawPen1 As New Pen(Color.Black, 4)
e.Graphics.DrawLine(DrawPen1, 0, 54, 400, 54)
e.Graphics.DrawLine(DrawPen1, 0, 84, 400, 84)
e.Graphics.DrawLine(DrawPen1, 0, 232, 400, 232)
e.Graphics.DrawLine(DrawPen1, 0, InitialFormHeight - 34, 400,

InitialFormHeight - 34)

> Hi Marc,
>
> Normaly is the form painted after the load event, so show some code you

have

> in that?
>
> Cor
>
> > When I add controls to a form and run the .exe under Win XP, the

outline

> of the form displays first and then the controls on the form. The

..exe > works fine but the initial show looks like the computer is running slow > because the form does not show all at once. It shows one control at a time.

> Yes, I do have functions in the form_load event but even if I remove

these

> functions, the same slow looking show occurs. This did not occur in

VB6 > unless the PC was running very slow. Is this characteristic of VB

..NET? Is

> there a way to force the form to display all at once? Thanks very

much for

> your help.
> > Marc
>
>
>