System.Windows.Forms.Control.Invalidate Method

Invalidates the specified region of the control (adds it to the control's update region, which is the area that will be repainted at the next paint operation), and causes a paint message to be sent to the control. Optionally, invalidates the child controls assigned to the control.

Syntax

public void Invalidate (System.Drawing.Rectangle rc, bool invalidateChildren)

Parameters

rc
A System.Drawing.Rectangle that represents the region to invalidate.
invalidateChildren
true to invalidate the control's child controls; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Calling the Control.Invalidate(System.Drawing.Region) method does not force a synchronous paint; to force a synchronous paint, call the Control.Update method after calling the Control.Invalidate(System.Drawing.Region) method. When this method is called with no parameters, the entire client area is added to the update region.

Requirements

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0