[RESOLVED] video flicker

[georgesutfin]

I have a parent form2 and a child form1 and a msgbox. All the parent form2 does is set the background image and open the child form1.When I close the msgbox I get a flicker. What can I do? Both forms are double buffered.

[jmcilhinney]

We shouldn't have to ask you to show us the code. What you describe will not inherently produce the behaviour you describe, so it's almost certainly something specific to what you're doing. If we can't see what you're doing, we can't tell what's wrong with it.

[georgesutfin]

form2 is the first to run and has a background image

Public Class Form2
    Private Sub Form2_shown(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Shown
        Dim NewMDIChild As New Form1()
        NewMDIChild.MdiParent = Me
        NewMDIChild.Show()
    End Sub
End Class

form1 just displays the blank form

Public Class Form1

    Private Sub Form1_shown(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Shown
        ' MsgBox("If back color is BLUE then it is now clickable!" & vbLf & vbLf & "  A PINK back ground shows the best hand!")

    End Sub
End Class

there is flicker

[georgesutfin]

when I changed the form.load to form.shown the flicker went away.