Move the IntelliPromptMemberList...

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Posted 14 years ago by Dave Conkey
Version: 4.0.0283
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Right now you can show and position the IntelliPromptMemberList using the Show overloads. However, often you want to move the list without closing it. Unfortunately, if you call Show when the member list is already visible it appears to hide it then show it again. This causes a distracting flicker. Any ideas?

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Posted 14 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA
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Hi Dave,

Please give more details on a scenario where you'd want to do this. Or email over a simple sample project (without any contained .exe files) showing it. Thanks!


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Posted 14 years ago by Dave Conkey
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The simple scenario is as follows in c#:

//-------------
int i;

i.
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so when you press 'i' the list of objects appears in the member list and then when you press the '.' the objects member list comes up. If you try it in visual studio you should see that the member list doesn't hide and then re-appear at the '.', but simply moves over.
Posted 14 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA
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Hi Dave,

Unfortunately right now there isn't a way to just move it over. Even if you could there would still possibly be a flicker while ListBox data is rebuilt. The only way to get it to show in another spot as you found is to close and reopen it.

If you do your processing and build up your member list item data in a variable before closing the original list, then close the member list, then AddRange your data, then Show it right away, it will minimize the flicker.


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Posted 14 years ago by Dave Conkey
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Can you fix the component so that if it is already shown, then Show just moves it to the specified/caret location?
Posted 14 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA
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Even if we did that I'm not sure it would perform any different than if you did what I suggested. The other thing is that the updated object model we're doing for member lists in the WPF version that will eventually be used in WinForms wouldn't allow a "move" anyhow because it is session-based.


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The latest build of this product (v24.1.0) was released 2 months ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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