overriding the Onpaintbackground method

[Robert Smith]

Hello,
I have an application with forms diplaying the Office2003 backcolour.
However
when these forms are loaded the controls are loaded and then the painting of
the
backcolor is done later on giving a flickering effect. How do I override the
background painting so that the form controls and colour appear all at once
and there is no flickering as the screen changes from blue to grey

thanx in advance
Robert

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

You can override onpaintbackground.

Protected Overrides Sub OnPaintBackground(ByVal pevent As
System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs)

End Sub

Doublebuffering the form will cut down on the flickering.
In vs.net 2005 set the forms doblebuffered property to true. Here is a link
on how to do it in pervious versions.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...styletopic.asp

Ken

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Hello,
I have an application with forms diplaying the Office2003 backcolour.
However
when these forms are loaded the controls are loaded and then the painting
of
the
backcolor is done later on giving a flickering effect. How do I override
the
background painting so that the form controls and colour appear all at
once
and there is no flickering as the screen changes from blue to grey

thanx in advance
Robert