Changing toolbar bitmap at runtime

[Vadim Zeitlin]

On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 15:55:35 +1000 Gian Lorenzetto <gian at anatomics.com> wrote:

GL> This works pretty well, except that the call to Realize() causes the
GL> toolbar containing the tool to re-home to the top-left corner of the
GL> frame (it should be aligned vertically on the right-hand side of the
GL> container).

 This looks like a bug in wxMSW (which I assume you use). It should
probably only do this when it's called for the first time or maybe only if
the toolbar size changed...

GL> So I then call Layout() on the parent to correctly set the
GL> position of the toolbar. 
GL> 
GL> The problem is that the last call to Layout() triggers some sort of
GL> nasty screen flashing, where it looks like the toolbar is momentarily
GL> drawn in the top-left corner, then moves to the correct location. 
GL> 
GL> Is there any way to avoid this flashing?

 Try calling Freeze() (and then Thaw()) on the frame.

 Regards,
VZ
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