Here is a function that I made just for the occasion..


CLEAR LOCAL
DIM @tempRect&
LOCAL FN ForceWndRefresh
  CALL SETRECT (tempRect&,0,0,WINDOW(_width),WINDOW(_height))
  CALL INVALRECT (tempRect&)
END FN = tempRect&

FN ForceWndRefresh



In a message dated 2/15/01 11:11:45 AM, paul_bruneau@... writes:

>Hi everyone-
>
>I am 100% certain that I have always gone about screen refreshing the
>wrong way. I won't go into detail, but basically, when the user does
>something that I figure should warrant a refresh, then I call my refresh
>routine. 
>
>I have read enough over the last couple years that I have figured out
>that I should let the OS decide when something needs to be refreshed.
>That is fine, but there are cases, where I need to say, redraw something
>after a user changes a menu item. The OS won't know it, but my program
>will. So I guess I am supposed to manually "invalidate" the area of the
>screen that needs the redraw, then the system will go "hey, that area
>needs to be redrawn" and will send the proper event to my program to do
>it.
>
>So assuming that I kind of know how it should be done theoretically, is
>there a good place I should look to learn the appropriate toolbox/FB
>calls to do this? If the resource has a good solid description of the
>process so I can be sure I understand, that would be a bonus.
>
>Thanks!
>
>PB


Best,

Matthew Beedle
Foxchange Software
http://www.foxchange.com