Paint Event

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Occurs when a form or toolbar is repainted.

Syntax

PROCEDURE Object.Paint

Remarks

A form or toolbar is repainted when part or all of the form or toolbar is exposed after it has been moved or sized, or after a window that was covering the form or toolbar has been moved.

Using a Refresh method in a Resize event forces repainting of the entire object every time a user resizes the form or toolbar.

Using a Paint event for certain tasks can cause a cascading event. In general, avoid using a Paint event for the following: