Screen Refresh Speed Is Not Fast Enough?
Jul 3, 2008
I am looking for help on how to speed up VB.NET (or C#) screen refresh speed. Specifically I need to update many controls and then refresh them on the screen all at once.I am in charge of writing a .NET interface for an older legacy program. Because this needs to run on slow legacy machines I did a performance test and discovered the screen refresh speeds of VB6 is faster then .NET. In VB6 there is barely a flicker as controls change across the entire form all at once. In VB.NET you can see controls change moving across the form like a wave. I must be doing something wrong...
To do a head to head comparison I put together equivalent VB6 and VB.NET programs, each with a maximized form and 48 labels. Clicking on any label changes the background color of all the labels on the form. To really see the problem it is best to try the following code on a slower machine (1GHz etc.)
In VB6 create a project MyProject and add a form MyForm with the following properties
Caption = "Screen Refresh test VB6"
BackColor = Black
WindowState = Maximized
On that form add a label MyLabel with the following properties:
Index = 0
Caption = "Hello World"
BackColor = Cyan
In the form add the following code:
[Code]...
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BTW this issue occurs in any MS office program when the VB.Net (or even VBA) is processing information.Example: In Excel, a worksheet is displayed on the screen. I start either, a VB.Net or VBA procedure and within 30 seconds the Excel worksheet (previously displayed) blanks out. In both VB.Net and VBA,ScreenUpdating = False. My expectation is that the previously displayed screen would stay static as if I left my desk to get a cup of coffee; came back and the same ole Excel worksheet was still there?Of course, setting VBA Screen Updating = False accomplishes two goals: 1) speeds up processing and 2) saves the user from seeing unnecessary "garbage-processing" steps.Why does VBA or VB.Net ScreenUpdating = False not freeze the screen at the time of its invoking?
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Private Sub LoopGame()
Do While GameIsNotPaused
FPS += 1
[Code]....
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The only problem is that I have no idea how this would work and so far my google searches have been fruitless. Yet again I turn to this very helpful forum, can anyone help me? By the way I've set doublebuffered to true on my form to get rid of the annoying flicker.
Questions. How do I update or refresh only certain parts of the screen?
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