The best place to ask .NET CF questions is
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework. I've added this to the
distribution list for the question.

Paul T.

"Dan McCarty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Sorry, thought you were doing this in C/C++. I haven't done this in
> managed code.
>
> (A common way to fake control panels is to draw a single large bitmap
> to look like your buttons. If your primary objective is flicker-free
> drawing, this may be the best way to go. If you need dynamically-drawn
> buttons and more flexibility you're probably better off sticking with
> the standard C# way.)
>
> -Dan
>
>
> Gerald wrote:
>> Hi Dan,
>>
>>
>> To clarify,
>>
>> i am using C# Compact FrameWork 2.0
>>
>> I know how to subclass a single control and double buffer it, but the
>> problem are child controls. I have for example a panel control
>> consisting of 15 button controls. I want the panel control to double
>> buffer all painting of the child controls so i can blit the entire
>> image (Panel AND buttons) in one go.
>>
>>
>> The problem Now is if double buffer the panel, only the Panel drawing
>> is double buffered, not the drawing of all the buttons on that panel,
>> and that is what i am looking for.
>>
>> --
>

Thnx paul,

will monitor that tread for an answer.

I'm not 100% certain that this will work, but you can try it:

override your panel control's OnPaint method (if you haven't already),
and create a new PaintEventArgs to pass into the base.OnPaint() method,
setting the Graphics property of the new arguments to be the graphics
object from your double buffer.

Something like this:

protected override OnPaint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
{
....do your custom drawing here....

PaintEventArgs pe = new PaintEventArgs();
pe.Graphics = (your double buffer graphics context)

..copy clip region etc from event args passed into this method to
your new PaintEventargs

//call base with modified PE
base.OnPaint(sender, pe);
}

Gerald wrote:
> Thnx paul,
>
> will monitor that tread for an answer.