stop showing the repainting of a form

[Geraldine Hobley]

Hello,
In my application I am trying to load up some forms, however the loading of the forms is causing a lot of flickering. Are there any commands that can stop showing the repainting of the forms and thus make for a smoother running application.

mdiClient.DkManager.LoadConfigFromFile("c:\alpine\ aims\QuoteHistoryconfig.xml")
mdiClient.ActiveForm.Controls.Add(mdiClient._fille r)
'Controls.SetChildIndex(_filler, 0)
mdiClient.DkManager.InnerControl = mdiClient._filler
mdiClient.DkManager.InsideFill = True
mdiClient.DkManager.OuterControl = _statusBar

Thanx in advance
Geri

[rawCoder]

Hi Hobley,

You may introduce a Splash Screen ... and keep it visible till all the
resources have been loaded after which you may show the main form.

Thank You,
rawCoder

"Geraldine Hobley" <Ge*************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:7D**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hello,
In my application I am trying to load up some forms, however the loading of the forms is causing a lot of flickering. Are there any commands
that can stop showing the repainting of the forms and thus make for a
smoother running application.
mdiClient.DkManager.LoadConfigFromFile("c:\alpine\ aims\QuoteHistoryconfig.xm
l") mdiClient.ActiveForm.Controls.Add(mdiClient._fille r)
'Controls.SetChildIndex(_filler, 0)
mdiClient.DkManager.InnerControl = mdiClient._filler
mdiClient.DkManager.InsideFill = True
mdiClient.DkManager.OuterControl = _statusBar

Thanx in advance
Geri

[ISK]

you could try this:
call SuspendLayout() on the form or control that you are loading and once you are
done loading everything thats on that form or control you can call ResumeLayout().
i haven't tried this but these methods are more or less out there for that purpose
only.

hope this helps..

"Geraldine Hobley" wrote:

Thanx for the help rawcoder,
However this does not quite answer the question, because the loading of the forms does not occur just at the start of the application but when you click on certain nodes of a treeview, so I can't keep loading splash screens all the time.

Anyhow what I need is some type of Echo off Echo On command that you used to get with vb6 or VBA , is there an equivalent in vb.net.

Thanx

Geri

"rawCoder" wrote:

Hi Hobley,

You may introduce a Splash Screen ... and keep it visible till all the
resources have been loaded after which you may show the main form.

Thank You,
rawCoder

"Geraldine Hobley" <Ge*************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:7D**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hello,
In my application I am trying to load up some forms, however the

loading of the forms is causing a lot of flickering. Are there any commands
that can stop showing the repainting of the forms and thus make for a
smoother running application.

mdiClient.DkManager.LoadConfigFromFile("c:\alpine\ aims\QuoteHistoryconfig.xm
l")

mdiClient.ActiveForm.Controls.Add(mdiClient._fille r)
'Controls.SetChildIndex(_filler, 0)
mdiClient.DkManager.InnerControl = mdiClient._filler
mdiClient.DkManager.InsideFill = True
mdiClient.DkManager.OuterControl = _statusBar

Thanx in advance
Geri