Thread: OnPaint and dissappearing graphics

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    essence of digital xddxogm3's Avatar
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    OnPaint and dissappearing graphics

    I have created a program that has multiple panels, and created an array of graphic objects for these panels. I have background images on my panels that are drawn over during mouse click. In about 15 seconds after they are drawn over, the graphics disappear and the background image reappears. I implimented an onpain overide function, but it doesn't seem to stop this behavior. Does anyone know what i'm doing wrong?

    Code:
            public static void RePaintPlayer(Graphics[] g)
            {
                for (int x = 1; x <= 4; x++)
                {
                    if (GS.Players[x].CurrentPosition != 0)
                    {
                        g[GS.Players[x].CurrentPosition].FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(Color.Blue), 0, 0, 50, 50);
                        g[GS.Players[x].CurrentPosition].DrawString("Player\n" + x, ArielFont, WhiteColor, new PointF(5, 10));
                    }
                }
            }
    
    
            protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
            {
                base.OnPaint(e);
    
                for (int index = 1; index <= 64; index++)
                {
                    GameUI.CorrectImage(index);
                }
    
                GameUI.RePaintPlayer(GameUI.g);
            }
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    If you have not done so already, consider setting the control styles to something more suited to painting yourself:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...le(VS.71).aspx

    If you do this, you may have to draw the background yourself.

    Also, I'd recommend to use a single control for painting. Do the calculations yourself and paint all of it in one control.
    hth
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