You can prevent all screen paints for a window by using the Windows API LockWindowUpdate().
LockWindowUpdate(Form1.Handle); ..do processing.. LockWindowUpdate(nil); Ross. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Belanger Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2007 8:11 a.m. To: Delphi Listserve Subject: Way to paint the screen once, instead of multiple times for control resizing? Hello: In a number of components there is a BeginBusy, EndBusy type of property that allows one to block out any screen updates (or other changes) until the EndBusy is reached. I have a program I'm working on that when it starts and a number times during its use a number of controls need to be resized and it looks really messy as they start jumping around on screen! Is there any way I can do something like Screen.BeginBusy....Screen.EndBusy? to keep the update at the end of a block of screen control changes with painting, that way avoid a number of incremental changes, instead having one screen repaint for all the changes? Thank you for any suggestions, Chuck Belanger _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
