Reduce flickering from controls in C#.Net

Flickering effect can be reduced by double buffering the controls. The below code will help you in reducing the flickering effect from any type of control.

public static class ControlExtensions
    {
        public static void SetDoubleBuffered(System.Windows.Forms.Control c)
        {
            if (System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.TerminalServerSession)
                return;

            System.Reflection.PropertyInfo aProp =
                  typeof(System.Windows.Forms.Control).GetProperty(
                        "DoubleBuffered",
                        System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic |
                        System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance);

            aProp.SetValue(c, true, null);
        }
    }

Whether it is a panel, or a Tab control, you can call the above defined function:

ControlExtensions.SetDoubleBuffered(MenuPanel);
ControlExtensions.SetDoubleBuffered(settingsTabControl);