How do I suspend painting for a control and its children?

Question

I have a control which I have to make large modifications to. I\'d like to completely prevent it from redrawing while I do that - SuspendLayout and ResumeLayout aren\'t eno

Answer 1

To help with not forgetting to reenable drawing:

public static void SuspendDrawing(Control control, Action action)
{
    SendMessage(control.Handle, WM_SETREDRAW, false, 0);
    action();
    SendMessage(control.Handle, WM_SETREDRAW, true, 0);
    control.Refresh();
}

usage:

SuspendDrawing(myControl, () =>
{
    somemethod();
});