Help :)

[Moon Boy]

I made a Minesweeper. But i have a problem... Every square in the program is a UserControl, and i use Bitmap for the imagens, setting the Background... In the Master Level ( 50x50 ) the program is extremlly heavy and laggy :( What can i do? Other methods to put the images? Thanks.

[Heath Stewart]

Don't use a UserControl when a simple Control will do. UserControls are containers and have a lot of overhead. Controls are simple objects - like a Button, which might be a better control to extend for your use - and would have less overhead. But, realistically, don't use a control at all. Use a single control (perhaps even the Form itself) that manages the grid and draws the grid accordingly, as well as handling the painting operations by overriding OnPaint. This is a much more common approach and will have much less overhead than using either UserControls or Controls. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Software Design Engineer Developer Division Sustained Engineering Microsoft [My Articles]