Avoiding Flicker When Controls are Moved

[TC]

I am buiding a control which contains many constituent controls. In response
to certain events, several of the constituent controls move and change their
appearance. I would like the changes to happen all at once, but they don't;
they happen sequentially, and this causes a flickering effect which looks
terrible.

Is there any way I can freeze the appearance of my control until all the
constituent controls are changed? Then, I could update the appearance once,
giving me a clean transition to the new state.
-TC

[Shawn D Shelton]

Check out the BeginUpdate and EndUpdate methods

Shawn Shelton

TC wrote:

I am buiding a control which contains many constituent controls. In response
to certain events, several of the constituent controls move and change their
appearance. I would like the changes to happen all at once, but they don't;
they happen sequentially, and this causes a flickering effect which looks
terrible.

Is there any way I can freeze the appearance of my control until all the
constituent controls are changed? Then, I could update the appearance once,
giving me a clean transition to the new state.
-TC

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

Did you try double buffering the control?
myControl.SetStyle(UserPaint Or AllPaintingInWmPaint Or DoubleBuffer,
True)Ken----------------------"TC" <q@w.e> wrote in message
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I am buiding a control which contains many constituent controls. In response to certain events, several of the constituent controls move and change their appearance. I would like the changes to happen all at once, but they don't; they happen sequentially, and this causes a flickering effect which looks
terrible.

Is there any way I can freeze the appearance of my control until all the
constituent controls are changed? Then, I could update the appearance once, giving me a clean transition to the new state.
-TC

[Arnd Rosemeier]

Try SuspendLayout and ResumeLayout for all affected controls

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I am buiding a control which contains many constituent controls. In response to certain events, several of the constituent controls move and change their appearance. I would like the changes to happen all at once, but they don't; they happen sequentially, and this causes a flickering effect which looks
terrible.

Is there any way I can freeze the appearance of my control until all the
constituent controls are changed? Then, I could update the appearance once, giving me a clean transition to the new state.
-TC