Force Windows to redraw the screen?

[rancor]

Is it possible to force Windows to redraw the entire screen. Not just the active program but all programs that are shown?

Need this feature now, please help.

[parksie]

Try using:

InvalidateRect 0 0

...it should redraw the whole screen. Not sure on multiple-monitor systems, though.

[rancor]

sorry dude but InvalidateRect 0 0 does not work on VB6. Help does not find the command and the compiler does't know what to do..

Any other ideas?

oh.. tnx anyway!

[badgers]

Option Explicit
Private Declare Function InvalidateRect Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, lpRect As RECT, ByVal bErase As Long) As Long
Private Type RECT
        Left As Long
        Top As Long
        Right As Long
        Bottom As Long
End Type

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim l As Long
Dim lpRect As RECT
lpRect.Bottom = 0
lpRect.Left = 0
lpRect.Right = 0
lpRect.Top = 0
    l = InvalidateRect(0, lpRect, 1)
End Sub

[rancor]

YEAH! That's more like it. That worked perfect!

[badgers]

depending on your version of VB you might have a program called
API text viewer.
run this program
choose file--->load text file--->find Win32api.txt
for me it is C:\program files\microsoft visual studio\common\tools\winapi\win32api.txt
There are other text files you may use in the future. Win32api has a lot of what I have needed in the past.
if you ever see a datatype that you dont have use this program.
change API type: to TYPES
start typing and the available items will start updating as it zeros in on what you want. select what you want and click add(or hit enter) and the declaration will appear in the bottom pane. click copy and then paste into your program.
This is how one gets the declares for the function. change API type to declares and start typing and hunting.
Nobody knows all these declares and datatypes, everyone I know uses this program.
This may help in the future when "playing" with the API. find a function that looks interesting and see how it crashes your system
FUN

[rancor]

cool, okay.. I shall try differant ways of craching my computer =)