Passive component refresh problem in VB 6

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patrique haidar - 30 Sep 2003 13:39 GMT

Hi all,

little question (big problem);

I have created a form with plenty of components.
When I open a new form/dialog on top of the main form
and close it again, the main form is not fully redrawn.

Especially the scrollbar(s) is/are messed up.
These are all passive components. When I start using them
(make them active) they are immediately well redrawn.

I have tried to use the .Refresh() but it doesn't help.
I have no clue whatsoever of the internal operation of this funtion (it
is protected).

Now I'm using a tweak with invisible/visible, but this is very slow,
ugly and doesn't do the job in some situations.

Does anyone have an idea on how to refresh my form properly?

Thank you in advance.

//PH

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Auric__ - 30 Sep 2003 16:42 GMT

>Hi all,
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>//PH

Just a few thoughts here. I don't know where or how you are using
.Refresh so I'll just toss in my $.02:

Put a timer control on the form, set its Interval to 1000 (or whatever
you choose), and for it's Timer event, try this:
Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
Me.Refresh
End Sub

Or, you could try this instead - I've used similar code to force redraws
before:
Private Sub Form_Activate()
Me.Refresh
End Sub

Or, in the dialog that's causing the grief (not the main form), try
this:
Sub Form_Unload() :
... 'whatever other code you might have in here
Me.Hide
frmMain.Refresh 'replace frmMain with name of your main form
End Sub

I haven't installed VB yet (just reinstalled Windows) so I can't check
if these work right offhand, but one of them might help.

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