Refreshing of Form flickers!! Pls Help!? 1

[Fori]

Hi All,

I have form which acts like a calendar having several textboxes (7 x 6). When i create the calendar those textboxes which have no date are made invisible. When i change date i have to make all textboxes visible again, set the calendar and make those invisble again. This creates a flicker and it seems that u can c the textboxes come on and off again!!

How can i remove this flicker?

Thanks
Nick

 

[vb5prgrmr]

You might try the LockWindowUpdate API...
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Public Declare Function LockWindowUpdate Lib "user32" Alias "LockWindowUpdate" (ByVal hwndLock As Long) As Long
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Look it up in your MSDN (help files).

I would think you could use it like so...

lock the window
run through your loop to make your controls visible
unlock the window

Good Luck

 

[Fori]

Seems good enough but how do i implement it please!!

Thanks
Nick

 

[CCLINT]

Place it in the declaration section of a public module.

Call it in your form prior to doing your thing:

LockWindowUpdate Me.hWnd

Once done doing what you are doing with the controls, call it again like this:

LockWindowUpdate 0&

 

[Fori]

thanks!! cool it works!!