Annoying Icon Error in Treeview

This is rubbish! I use these 2 lines to overcome the bug that makes icons not show in treeviews:

Code:

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Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.DoEvents();

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I put the lines just before I show the form - sometimes the icons show - other times not!! Why is it intermittant - why has this bug not been fixed properly by MS! Grrrrr!!!!

Considering that you've only posted two lines (neither of which really help), I'll put on my psychic hat. Here's my guess at your code:

Code:

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public class SomeApplication
{
        Form1 frm = new Form1();

        //in some snippet of code...
        {
                //...
                Application.EnableVisualStyles();
                Application.DoEvents();
                frm.Show();
                //...
        }
}

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I'm really hoping this doesn't adequately fix your problem.

It doesnt sort my problem - yes I do show a form straight after the 2 lines of code - sorry for limiting it to just these 2 lines but the other code is a bit superfluous to the problem - as these 2 lines are often talked about as being able to 'solve' this particular problem.

If you do know anything about this particular problem/bug with treeview icons and EnableVisualStyles() etc - I'm all ears.

Code that you think is superfluous may not be. Case in point, it doesn't matter when you show your form; it matters when your form object is being created. If your form object is being created before the call to Application.EnableVisualStyles(), then there's your problem. The link also suggests that disabling VisualStyles will show the icons in either case, although that's not necessary if you fix your form object creation. Try something like this:

Code:

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public class SomeApplication
{
        Form1 frm;

        //in some snippet of code...
        {
                //...
                Application.EnableVisualStyles();
                frm = new Form1();
                Application.DoEvents();
                frm.Show();
                //...
        }
}

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OK - Ill give it a try - thanks in the meantime.

Nope - the error came back - recompiled the project and the icons dissapeared from the treeview.