raduv

Hi, Unfortunately it does not help. I don't think that double buffering is the issue here as I'm not performing and GDI operations, actually I'm not even overriding Paint(...) or PaintBackground(...). I think the problem lies with all the transparent controls that I have and the background image that I use for my form and, every time a control is being displayed/updated a repaint is forced, this is my best guess so far. Hence the flickering. I also believe it must be something really simple to prevent this happening, but what?? Thanks, raduv

Hi I have an annoying problem and don't know how to get rid of it: I have a windows form with 2 panels, each panel grouping ~ 15 controls: labels, text boxes and combo boxes. I then switch the 2 panels' visibility so that only one is visible at one specific moment. Every control on the form, panels + others have transparent background and the form has a background image set. The problem is that when the form is displayed, on load, or when the 2 panels are switched, all the controls kind of flicker for a while until they are all displayed properly. If I take out the form's background picture, the flicker becomes less. Also, there is no flickering if the panel's are not transparent. I would very much appreciate your thoughts on this one, how to get rid of the flicker when displaying the form. Thanks, raduv