>Hi
>This is hard for me to explain but I will try anyway.

>I have created a button object labeled "button" and 2 list view controls in the
> view class. when I click on "button", message handler OnButtonClicked() calls
> a void function that updates the contents of the list view controls,  this
> works ok.

>Problem is their is a case when I want to update the List view controls more
> than once without clicking "button" again the List view disappears instead of
> being updated.

>OnButtonClicked()
>{
>   DisplayListControl();//contents updated correctly
>}

>OnButtonClicked()
>{
> do
> {
>   DisplayListControl();//contents not updated on screen?
>                        //ListControl text changes each time  
>                        //after x times m_var = false

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>>Hi
>>This is hard for me to explain but I will try anyway.

>>I have created a button object labeled "button" and 2 list view controls in the
>> view class. when I click on "button", message handler OnButtonClicked() calls
>> a void function that updates the contents of the list view controls,  this
>> works ok.

>>Problem is their is a case when I want to update the List view controls more
>> than once without clicking "button" again the List view disappears instead of
>> being updated.

>>OnButtonClicked()
>>{
>>   DisplayListControl();//contents updated correctly
>>}

>>OnButtonClicked()
>>{
>> do
>> {
>>   DisplayListControl();//contents not updated on screen?
>>                        //ListControl text changes each time  
>>                        //after x times m_var = false

>Try to add UpdateWindow or RedrawWindow here. DisplayListControl probably
>invalidates ListView. When Windows has time it will check if any windows has
>invalidated areas and send WM_PAINT for those windows. You however are running
>in the loop so windows haven't time to send WM_PAINT.

>This explains why ListView is not updated but instead of disappearing the
>ListView should show contents of last DisplayListControl function. Therefore
>I'm not sure if my answer is correct.
>> }while(m_var == true);
>>}

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