Refresh Child windows while Scrolling...

[Elias Montoya]

Last question for the day.

I have this code in my WM_HSCROLL:

  Local SB As SCROLLINFO
  Local RC As Rect
  Local Xscroll As Long
  Local PosOld As Long
  Local PosNew As Long
  Local hWndPos As Dword

  SB.cbSize = SizeOf(SB)
  SB.fMask  = %SIF_RANGE Or %SIF_PAGE Or %SIF_POS
 
  Call GetScrollInfo(hWndForm, %SB_HORZ, SB)
 
  PosOld = SB.nPos

   Select Case nScrollCode
      Case %SB_LINELEFT
          If SB.nPos > SB.nMin Then Decr SB.nPos
          
      Case %SB_LINERIGHT
          If SB.nPos < SB.nMax Then Incr SB.nPos
          
      Case %SB_THUMBPOSITION
             SB.nPos = nPosition

      Case %SB_PAGELEFT
          If SB.nPos > SB.nMin + 384 Then 
             SB.nPos = SB.nPos - 384
          Else
             SB.nPos = SB.nMin
          End If   
          
      Case %SB_PAGERIGHT
          If SB.nPos < SB.nMax - 384 Then 
             SB.nPos = SB.nPos + 384
          Else
             SB.nPos = SB.nMax
          End If
                        
      Case %SB_ENDSCROLL
           SB.nPos = GetScrollPos(hWndForm, %SB_HORZ)
           
   End Select
   
 PosNew = SB.nPos
  
 Call GetClientRect(hWndForm, RC)
 
 Xscroll = (PosOld - PosNew)
  
 Call SetScrollInfo(hWndForm, %SB_HORZ, SB, %false)

 Call ScrollWindowEx(hWndForm, XScroll, 0, ByVal %Null, RC, %Null, ByVal %Null, %SW_INVALIDATE Or %SW_SCROLLCHILDREN)
 
 Call UpdateWindow(hwndForm)
 
 Call SendMessage(hWNdForm, %WM_PAINT, 0, 0)

It works fine, except it doesnt update while moving the scrollbar. It refreshes
until i release the mouse button.

Any idea how can i force it to refresh while scrolling? i want to be able to see
the contents of the window while scrolling.

Thanx in advance.

[Michael Mattias]

Call UpdateWindow(hwndForm)
Call SendMessage(hWNdForm, %WM_PAINT, 0, 0)

I know you don't want to send WM_PAINT. That is NEVER sent. Besides, UpdateWindow() posts a WM_PAINT to the message queue so that gets picked up next time messages are retrieved.

That said, when you process WM_HSCROLL:

Return Value

If an application processes this message, it should return zero.

You doing that? (Code not shown).

MCM

[Dave Biggs]

Perhaps you need to be processing %SB_THUMBTRACK ?

SB_THUMBPOSITION
The user has dragged the scroll box (thumb) and released the mouse button. The high-order word indicates the position of the scroll box at the end of the drag operation.

SB_THUMBTRACK
The user is dragging the scroll box. This message is sent repeatedly until the user releases the mouse button. The high-order word indicates the position that the scroll box has been dragged to.

[Chris Boss]

Instead of UpdateWindow use:

RedrawWindow

You can use this API to immediately redraw a window and its child windows.

[Elias Montoya]

Disregard:
Im Impressed of the teamwork... it was a matter of removing the WM_PAINT, processing %SB_THUMBTRACK and using Redrawwindow!!!.

Thanx everyone!