Question

I’m using a DataGridView to load data from a DataTable. This DataGridView is located on a tab (Forms.TabPage). When clicking this tab the datagrid takes a second or two to draw from the top down, regardless of wheather data is being loaded or not.

Is there anything I can do to speed up the Drawing\Rendering when clicking the Tab?

I Don’t think the actual population of the DGV is causing this, as it’s filled during form load so by the time the tabs click it would have loaded the few rows (20 – 30) it displays.

Using cn As New SqlConnection(connectionString)
            Using cmd As SqlCommand = cn.CreateCommand()

                cmd.CommandType = System.Data.CommandType.Text
                cmd.CommandText = _
                    " SELECT [finish_time], [file_name], [transfer_status]" & _
                    " FROM dbo.[transfer_log]"

                cmd.Notification = Nothing

                cn.Open()


                Dim columnSpec = New DataColumn()
                With columnSpec
                    .DataType = GetType(System.String)
                    .ColumnName = "ClmFinishTime"
                End With
                Datatable1.Columns.Add(columnSpec)

                Dim columnSpec2 = New DataColumn()
                With columnSpec2
                    .DataType = GetType(System.String)
                    .ColumnName = "ClmFilename"
                End With
                Datatable1.Columns.Add(columnSpec2)

                Dim columnSpec3 = New DataColumn()
                With columnSpec3
                    .DataType = GetType(System.Byte())
                    .ColumnName = "ClmStatus"
                End With
                Datatable1.Columns.Add(columnSpec3)

                Using dr As SqlDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
                    While dr.Read()

                        Dim row As DataRow = Datatable1.NewRow
                        row("ClmFinishTime") = dr.Item("finish_time")
                        row("ClmFilename") = dr.Item("file_name")

                        Select Case dr.Item("transfer_status")
                            Case 0
                                row("ClmStatus") = ConvertToByte(My.Resources.accept)
                            Case 1
                                row("ClmStatus") = ConvertToByte(My.Resources.remove)
                        End Select

                        Datatable1.Rows.Add(row)

                    End While
                End Using
        End Using
                DataGridView2.AutoGenerateColumns = False
                DataGridView2.DataSource = Datatable1

Answer 1

I fixed this by double buffering the control:

Public Shared Sub SetDoubleBuffered(ByVal control As Control)
    GetType(Control).InvokeMember("DoubleBuffered", BindingFlags.SetProperty Or BindingFlags.Instance Or BindingFlags.NonPublic, Nothing, control, New Object() {True})
End Sub