How to make smoothly transition effect between form?

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I have a set of similar forms, all the same size and background colour, and the application switches between the forms with form.open and form.close commands.
The issue I have is there is a delay during the transition, and instead of a smooth transition from one form to another there is a noticeable flash as one form closes, reveals the desktop underneath, and then the next form opens. I have tried various combinations of form.open, form.hide, form.open, and none seems to eliminate the distracting flashing between forms. Is there a way to smoothly transition forms? Something like: overlay the new form over the old form first, and then close the old form which is out of sight?

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Posted 30-Aug-15 20:00pm

Member 11927641

Updated 30-Aug-15 20:51pm

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Richard MacCutchan 31-Aug-15 3:08am

overlay the new form over the old form first, and then close the old form which is out of sight?
That should be easy enough to test.

Member 11927641 31-Aug-15 12:47pm

Can you able to tell me by writing the code?

Richard MacCutchan 31-Aug-15 13:21pm

What code? You know how to open a form, and you know how to close or hide one.

Member 11927641 1-Sep-15 0:05am

Yes, i am using hide() code but when i click form1 button to open form2, it comes with flicker which looks annoying to me..

Richard MacCutchan 1-Sep-15 2:34am

Sorry but I get no flicker when I do something similar. Maybe you need to show some of your code (use the Improve question link) to see if anyone can reproduce what you see.

Ralf Meier 31-Aug-15 5:24am

Why don't you use Show and Hide for switching between those forms ?

Member 11927641 31-Aug-15 12:46pm

I tried but there is the flicker issue when i clicked any link to open another form, is there anyway to remove flicker?

Member 11927641 31-Aug-15 13:18pm

Ok i found this one - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17506981/adding-a-transition-effect-to-a-winform but the problem is when i click the button, the first form is also opened it is not closing automatically, how can close the form without flicker effect?

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KillFlash · Answer 1 · 2015-09-04T03:41:00

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Public Class Form2

    Private Sub Form2_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Me.Top = Form1.Top
        Me.Left = Form1.Left
        timer1.enabled = True
    End Sub

    Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
        If Me.Width < Form1.Width - 5 Then
            Me.Width += 5
        Else
            Me.Width = Form1.Width
            Timer1.Enabled = False
        End If
        Me.Focus()
    End Sub
End Class

Add a timer in your form and set time as 1000ms