Stop Animation in Forms

[Russ Du Preez]

Hi All,

I was wondering if there is a way to stop the animation when a form
loads.
It is hard to explain, but whenever a form loads on a screen it
Flashes (for lack of a better word).
You see the Square Border of the form in the center of the screen
grow bigger until the entire form displays / shows.

Do any of you have any suggestions as to how I can work around this,
or completely STOP this from happening?

Thanks,
Russ
Consolidated African Technologies
http://www.cats.co.za

 

[Peter Foot [MVP]]

What exactly is your target device, and what kind of shell does it use? What
you describe doesn't sound like a feature of the Windows Mobile shell for
example. If it is implemented like desktop windows then there is a registry
key to change this e.g.:
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/registry_tips.htm#animation

Peter

 

[Russ Du Preez]

Hi Peter,

Thanks for the respose.

I am using a CE.NET 4.2 device.
I took a look at the registry HKCU\ControlPanel\Desktop
I did not find the key WindowMetrics - so I added it and created the
string MinAnimate with a value of 0.
I did a soft reset on the device.
This made no difference.

Any other ideas?

Thanks,
Russ

 

[Peter Foot [MVP]]

Another possible solution, look at the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GWE
Add a DWORD value called "Animate" and set value to 0. You'll need to reset
to see the change.

Peter

 

[Russ Du Preez]

Thanks Peter!!

That did the trick!!