I have a custom draw method so I can make items in a list box different colours. The problem is that I redraw the listbox every 500ms to check if the values have changed. This makes the listbox flicker and I am not sure how to double buffer the code. Can anyone help please?
private void listBox_DrawItem(object sender, DrawItemEventArgs e)
{
ListBox sendingListBox = (ListBox)sender;
CustomListBoxItem item = sendingListBox.Items[e.Index] as CustomListBoxItem; // Get the current item and cast it to MyListBoxItem
if (item != null)
{
e.Graphics.DrawString( // Draw the appropriate text in the ListBox
item.Message, // The message linked to the item
zone1ListBox.Font, // Take the font from the listbox
new SolidBrush(item.ItemColor), // Set the color
0, // X pixel coordinate
e.Index * zone1ListBox.ItemHeight // Y pixel coordinate. Multiply the index by the ItemHeight defined in the listbox.
);
}
else
{
// The item isn't a MyListBoxItem, do something about it
}
}