Openedge 11.6 64 bit
Telerik Q3 2015
What are the most common practices to prevent screens from flickering during the drawing of the screens at startup ?
Is LockWinUpdate (user32.dll) still usable in a 64 bit environment ?
Are there any alternatives that are better to use ?
I know that people, including people in Progress support, have recommended using LockWindowUpdate to temporarily stop painting but that's not really what it's for. LockWindowUpdate is meant to be used only when the user is doing some sort of dragging operation like resizing a window or drag and drop. Using it to prevent painting in your application can break functionality in the operating system or other applications.
Using the WM_SETREDRAW message is the proper way to prevent a window from being painted.
I will have a look into that !
Thanks !