Label: how to avoid flicker?

[Boris Nienke]

Hi,

i need to update a Label.Text very often using C#.
This works great - but it is flickering a lot (not very nice to look at)

How can i use a kind of "DoubleBuffer" with the CF?

thank you

Boris

 

[Matt Kunze]

Hi,

i need to update a Label.Text very often using C#.
This works great - but it is flickering a lot (not very nice to look at)

How can i use a kind of "DoubleBuffer" with the CF?

thank you

Boris

You might try overriding OnPaintBackground and not calling the base
class implementation. This often causes a lot of flickering for me. Plus
it's a lot easier than implementing double buffering.

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[Matt Kunze]

sorry for this - maybe very stupid - question, but i'm very new C# (few
days yet)

How/Where can i override this Event?
I think i need to create my own Label-Class? Where/How and how to use it
then?

thank you very much

Boris

It's not that difficult, actually. Just create a new class 'LabelEx' and
have:

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace YourNamespace
{
public class LabelEx : Label
{
public LableEx()
{
}

protected override void OnPaintBackground(PaintEventArgs e)
{
// don't call base.OnPaintBackground(e) so things don't flicker
}
}
}

Now in you form create new LabelEx objects instead of Label objects and
it will use your extended class

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[Ralph Flaugher]

I do not beleive OnPaintBackground is called for labels.
You must inherit from control to use this technique which
also requires you to do more to acheive the original label
capabilities. Also, you will no longer be able to use the
designer to locate your custom label on the form.

 

[Boris Nienke]

Wow, this sounds a bit complex...

havn't tried the "LabelEx" thing now but work-around the problem by
drawing the text to a Bitmap and then assigning it to a PictureBox.

I need more knowledge about the IDE, and how to install new (own)
controls so that i can use them in the designer... everything else is
not so good...

thank you anyway - as soon as i know how to install my own controls to
the IDE i will try the trick "not erase the background" (but i wonder if
the label is getting darker and darker then - because the old text
wouldn't be erased?)

boris