{"id":12127,"date":"2024-03-14T15:14:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T15:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-the-current-form-in-winforms-be-refreshed\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T21:45:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T21:45:05","slug":"how-can-the-current-form-in-winforms-be-refreshed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-the-current-form-in-winforms-be-refreshed\/","title":{"rendered":"Refresh WinForms Form: Methods Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

To refresh the current Winform window, you can utilize the following method:<\/p>\n

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  1. Call the Invalidate() method of the current form to make the form invalid, and then call the Refresh() method to force the form to refresh. Example code is as follows:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    this<\/span>.Invalidate();\r\nthis<\/span>.Refresh();\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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    1. To process the message queue of the current form and achieve the effect of refreshing the form, use the Application.DoEvents() method. An example code is as follows:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      Application.DoEvents();\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      Any of the above methods can be used to refresh the current Winform window, the specific method chosen will depend on the specific situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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