FIX: Toolbar Performance Degrades with Dynamic Modification

Last reviewed: October 24, 1997
Article ID: Q175547

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for Windows, versions 4.0, 5.0

SYMPTOMS

Continually changing the Image properties of buttons on a Toolbar control results in an increased refreshed rate.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been corrected in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Issue

Start a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.
Set a Reference to the "Microsoft Windows Common Controls" component.
Add one CommandButton, one Toolbar, and one ImageList to Form1.
Add two images to the ImageList control by completing the following steps:
- Click the Custom property of the ImageList control. The Property Pages
```
     dialog box appears.
```
- Click the Images tab.
- Click the Insert Picture button. The Select picture dialog box
```
     appears.
```
- Select two bitmap or icon files and click Open.
- Click OK to close the dialog box.
Complete the following steps for the toolbar control:
- Click Custom property. The Property Pages dialog box appears.
- From the General Tab, set the ImageList property to ImageList1.
- From the Buttons Tab, click Insert Button to insert a button in the
```
     toolbar. Set the Image property to 1.
```
- Click OK to close the Property Pages dialog box.

Copy the following code to the Code window of the Form1 form.

      Option Explicit

      Private Sub Command1_Click()
         Dim z As Integer, y As Integer
         For z = 1 To 100
            y = y + 1
            Toolbar1.Buttons(1).Image = y Mod 2 + 1
            DoEvents
         Next z
      End Sub

Press the F5 key to run the program. Note that the amount of time required to refresh the toolbar control increases with each iteration.
(c) Microsoft Corporation 1997, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by

Arsenio Locsin, Microsoft Corporation

Keywords          : vb5all VBKBAX VBKBComp VBKBCtrl
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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Last reviewed: October 24, 1997
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