I've a Panel which fills the parent Form.
And I used a Timer to capture screen ,
and set the screenshot as background image of Panel periodically.
However, it runs into crazy flickering. What can I do to solve it?
//Part of code
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
DxScreenCapture sc = new DxScreenCapture();
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
panelMain.BackgroundImageLayout = ImageLayout.Zoom;
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
void RefreshScreen()
{
Surface s = sc.CaptureScreen();
DataStream ds = Surface.ToStream(s, ImageFileFormat.Bmp);
panelMain.BackgroundImage = Image.FromStream(ds);
s.Dispose();
}
private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
RefreshScreen();
}
}
Try using a double buffered panel. Inherit panel, set DoubleBuffered to true and use that panel instead of default panel:
namespace XXX
{
/// <summary>
/// A panel which redraws its surface using a secondary buffer to reduce or prevent flicker.
/// </summary>
public class PanelDoubleBuffered : System.Windows.Forms.Panel
{
public PanelDoubleBuffered()
: base()
{
this.DoubleBuffered = true;
}
}
}
EDIT
Additionally I want to encourage you to take care a little more about the resources you use. Whenever an object implements the IDisposable interface - dispose the object when not needed any more. This is very important when dealing with unmanaged resources, such as streams!
void RefreshScreen()
{
using (Surface s = sc.CaptureScreen())
{
using (DataStream ds = Surface.ToStream(s, ImageFileFormat.Bmp))
{
Image oldBgImage = panelMain.BackgroundImage;
panelMain.BackgroundImage = Image.FromStream(ds);
if (oldBgImage != null)
oldBgImage.Dispose();
}
}
}
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