Speed up loading an image from disk in a windows forms (c#.net) app

Question

I\'m currently working on an app that allows the user to play (automatically scroll) through a series of local images. Usually there will be five or six on screen at once.

Answer 1

I think concept of double buffering will be useful. Set "Double Buffer" property of the form to True. This will help you little bit. Following links may be useful to you

• http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vbgeneral/thread/f15ae586-b63f-4afb-90a7-d9067ccc19d5
• How to speed up .NET winforms rendering