How to stop a CListCtrl from blinking

Use the WM_SETREDRAW message to stop redrawing before you delete all the items, and again to enable it afterwards (you may need to force a repaint of the control).

The control mave have BeginUpdate and EndUpdate (or something similar) methods which  encapsulate this.

Cheers,

Raymond.

can you send me some example code this CListCtrl is on a TabCtrl which is on a DialogBox(so you see my delima)
here's what i do to get a handle to the CListCtrl
      int index = m_Mytab.GetCurSel();
      TC_ITEM item;
      item.mask = TCIF_PARAM;
      m_Mytab.GetItem(index,&item);
      ASSERT(item.lParam);
        CListCtrl* MyCtrl = (CListCtrl*)item.lParam;
        MyCtrl->DeleteAllItems();

Actually use the SetRedraw method (thats the method equivalent I mentioned) od CListCtrl

eg:
MyCtrl->SetRedraw(FALSE);
MyCtrl->DeleteAllItems();
MyCtrl->SetRedraw(TRUE);

Cheers,

Raymond

Still didn't work i Still get the blicking when i switch from tab to tab cuz as i switch to each tab the data for the specific CListCtrl must be updated