Screen Flicker

Hi John,

We don't see any flicker when using Wizard and we also have ButtonFlatStyle set to System. It must be something with that third-party product you're using. Unfortunately I'm not sure how their product operates so you might have better luck asking them what could cause the flicker.

The issue had to do with transparent backgrounds on custom pages. In any case, I have since found a good alternative solution so that, as you mentioned, there is no screen flicker and I have access to full product funtionality. BTW: Wizard is a fine product, as is UIStudio, which I also own.

Thanks for prompt reply - Good support!
JohnH

Great John... glad you got it!

Hi guys, well, my screen flickers. I am using:
- Visual Studio 2005 VB Express
- Wizard 3.0
- Windows controls, not 3rd party

All my screens flicker, and that is regardless of whether or not my button style is flat, standard, or system. Some elements (labels) have transparent colors, some do not. I am using a 2 color gradient for the background of the welcome pages. Please help.

Hi Alexander,

I'm not seeing any flicker whatsoever in our sample project. Can you tell me how to duplicate it in our sample project and if you can't, can you send over a small project that does show the issue? Thanks!

Hi, for other reasons, I had to move away from .NET 2.0 and get back to .NET 1.1. In 1.1, this does not happen, in 2.0 it flickers. I don't have a sample project on me right now but basically all it was, was a form that was Appliation Framework enabled. It had 5 welcome pages and had controls (such as labels) with transparent background. Everytime you switched from one page to another using the next or back button, the areas that had controls (labels, textboxes, etc) would be black for about 1/2 a second and then redraw. This would cause a very noticeable flicker in areas of controls.

I appologize for not having a sample project at this time. But again, 1.1 does not do this, 2.0 does. I have the following system:

Windows XP SP2
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro with the latest ATi Catalyst drivers
.NET 1.1, .NET 2.0
Visual Studio 2003 Architect and Visual Studio 2005 Express

If you need more information please email me. If this comes up more often with other customers, I will be happy to help you test the control.

Hi Alexander,

I'm not sure what could be causing that. I have been playing with our sample app in .NET 2.0 and it doesn't flicker for me at all. Anyhow if you are able to duplicate it in a small sample project (or even better, in our sample project), send us over an email. Thanks!