I have a TabControl which is placed on the form using the designer. But everything else is done at run time. So before the code touches the TabControl I do a SuspendLayout. But none-the-less the control is partially rendered.
In experiments I have learned that SuspendLayout doesn't actually seem to do anything. If I remove it I see exactly the same thing. (This is .Net 3.5 and Win7.)
There's no doubt that the SuspendLayout is being executed. I even inserted a breakpoint to make sure.
I suspose that I am doing something wrong but I can't imagine what it is. If I'm not doing anything wrong, is there anything more I can do. I've thought about doing a Form.SuspendLayout but I have a progress bar on the form which needs to be updated while the TabControl is being populated.
I've also thought about not using the designer for the TabControl at all. I might end up doing that but I don't want to do it unless I have do.
Thanks for any thoughts you might have.
Bob
