how does double buffering work with windows forms for avoiding flickering

[rhishi20 2]

I have read somewhere that, when i enable double buffer property of windows form it will reduce the flickering of images or graphics. but i not able to understand how exactly double buffer works

please help me to understand it.

[davej 251]

I can't see how it could be relevant to web development. I would suspect they are talking about desktop application programs.

 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b367a457%28v=vs.110%29.aspx

[justsomeguy 1,135]

Double buffering uses 2 frame buffers, a visible one and a hidden one. When a new frame is rendered it first gets rendered to the hidden frame. Once that is finished, it copies the rendered frame to the visible buffer. Doing that causes a smoother animation then if you have a single buffer where you render the frame.