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Form loading and theme efficiency? - _UnderDog - Feb 2, 2017
So right now I am close to finishing off a program I am coding. I have noticed when I use controls from a theme (link: hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=3559385) when loading the controls start white then appear, and when resizing with anchors the controls (such as buttons/textboxes) will freeze, update and freeze again instead of resizing fluently with the main form.
Is there any way of preventing or minimising this?
* - hfTP54 - Feb 2, 2017
Well, GDI+ is not known to be super fast, check if double buffering is enabled for all of the controls. Are you using a ton of controls on a single form?
If you are not willing to delve into the inner code of the theme then not much can be done otherwise there may be undisposed objects/slow methods etc.
* - iNCEPTiON_V - Feb 2, 2017
Disclaimer: I have nothing against WindowsForms but if you want to Design into infinity use WPF.
You literally just right click on a Control and create a Style that you then can style into infinity :)
Because DirectX > GDI :)
I'm not trying to start a Fanboy War here,
but I've worked with Forms in the past till the Senior Dev Opened my eyes into a New Universe called WPF (compare it to Mankind's discovery of Fire) :)
Ok enough before i get buried alive here :)
You won't regret it believe me.
* - Zilog80 - Feb 2, 2017
(Feb 2, 2017 12:15 PM)iNCEPTiON_V Wrote: Disclaimer: I have nothing against WindowsForms but if you want to Design into infinity use WPF.
You literally just right click on a Control and create a Style that you then can style into infinity :)
Because DirectX > GDI :)
I'm not trying to start a Fanboy War here,
but I've worked with Forms in the past till the Senior Dev Opened my eyes into a New Universe called WPF (compare it to Mankind's discovery of Fire) :)
Ok enough before i get buried alive here :)
You won't regret it believe me.
+1000
WPF is 'the way'
* - _UnderDog - Feb 2, 2017
I will check for double buffering and undisposed objects (I'm sure all of them do dispose). Also, I do not know much about WPF but from doing a quick research, it sounds promising. Thank you for both of your help.