Hi experts,
I am making a progress bar OCX with my custome properties and methods and image.
Now everything is done but when I update the value to be displayed it flickers like anything... I have also added a custom image that even a user can provide to display an image of their choice ..
Even that flickers like anything while updating.
I am almost done with my project but unfortunatelly this flickering problem is delaying my delivery.
Thanks for your help.
msali.
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Hi,
I have already tried it but when I use this API and test my app my Progress bar does not move till I move my form and then it shows 100% done. If I use DoEvents with this API the flickering starts again.
If Use this API and put 2 instances of my control on the form.. the whole screen goes buzark and starts acting funny and starts blinking....
Check if this progress bar helps you:
http://www.freevbcode.com/
Hi,
Well the solution that I used is combination of StrechBlt and BitBlt.
At the time of initialization I place the image that I want to display in the Pbar in iBarSrc Picture Box.
At the same time I strech that image in iBarScale to make it the same heitht and width as my final iBar picture box
Finally when an increment is called by setting the pb.value property of my pb I set the progress bar using bitblt from my iBarScale picture box.
and booooooooom as a result no flickering at all no matter how may doevents you do or how quick your loop is as i am now using the double buffering principal on my control.
Set the Scale Bar:
RetValue = StretchBlt(iBarScale.hdc, 0, 0, iBarScale.ScaleWidth, iBarScale.ScaleHeight, iBarSrc.hdc, 0, 0, 1, iBarScale.ScaleHeight, vbSrcCopy)
Set the progress Bar
OneUnit = iBar.ScaleWidth / m_Max
RetValue = BitBlt(iBar.hdc, 0, 0, m_Value * OneUnit, iBar.ScaleHeight, iBarScale.hdc, 0, 0, vbSrcCopy)
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Sethi,
Thanks a lot for lett me wrap up the question... you are a real sport.
msali.
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by: SethiPosted on 2003-11-06 at 06:43:51ID: 9694307
Use LockWindowUpdate API before and after the processing starts:
Public Declare Function LockWindowUpdate Lib "user32" (ByVal hwndLock As Long) As Long
Pass the Hwnd of the windows where the processing is going to start just before the code where processing starts like:
LockWindowUpdate Me.Hwnd
Just aftre the last line of code pass 0 as value:
LockWindowUpdate 0