> The AutoRedraw property of the forms is no longer with us it seems.
>
> I can use the paint event but it's slow, if I drag a msgbox over my
> control/form I get flickering. If I drag the msgbox over a dotNET control
> (like a large datagrid) it doesn't flicker!

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> * "Ray" <not@needed.com> scripsit:
> > The AutoRedraw property of the forms is no longer with us it seems.
> >
> > I can use the paint event but it's slow, if I drag a msgbox over my
> > control/form I get flickering. If I drag the msgbox over a dotNET
control
> > (like a large datagrid) it doesn't flicker!
>
> Add this to your ctor:
>
> \\\
> Me.SetStyle(ControlStyles.UserPaint, True)
> Me.SetStyle(ControlStyles.AllPaintingInWmPaint, True)
> Me.SetStyle(ControlStyles.DoubleBuffer, True)
> Me.SetStyle(ControlStyles.ResizeRedraw, True)
> ///
>
> --
> Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
> <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>