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cancel form from painting

I would like to cancel a windows form from painting in the form's activate
event. How do I do this?

DT
Jul 21 '05 #1
1 1022
Take a look at the LockWindowUpdate API.

Rgds,
Anand M
VB.NET MVP
http://www.dotnetindia.com

"Dayne" wrote:
I would like to cancel a windows form from painting in the form's activate
event. How do I do this?

DT

Jul 21 '05 #2

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