Invalidate, Update, Refresh, Oh My!

So in the ongoing saga of the Lords of Kobol reminding me that those two people are right and that I'm not smart nor a good developer...there is a new kid in town.  The new kid is a spoiled brat who sits in the corner and, with bottom lip firmly out, repeats "I will not fire the Paint event!  I won't! I won't! I won't! And you can't make me!"

me - "What about if I call Invalidate?"

kid - "NOPE!"

me - "What if I call Invalidate (True) on the user control?"

kid - "Not even then."

me - "Okay...what if I call Update after calling Invalidate (in various forms)?  How about then?  Then will you fire the Paint event?"

kid - "Nunh Unh."

(I'm getting desparate...the root of which is despair)

me - "I know.  How about Refresh?  Surely if I call Refresh you'll be a nice kid and fire the Paint event."

kid - (laughing) "Silly old man...I won't fire that event even if  you call ALL THREE!  You can even try invalidating a particular region of a particular control, calling any of those three (or all) on individual controls, or any combination and permutation of calls to get the form to refresh...but I won't fire the paint event.  I won't!  I won't!  I won't!"

So maybe someone out there can explain to me why the Paint event won't fire and/or why the OnPaint method never gets called.

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