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**UNFREEZE( **//feq// , //state //**)**

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**Returns LONG value used to pass to the corresponding UNFREEZE pairing.**

| **UNFREEZE** | Resume control redrawing |
| //feq// | The SIGNED field equate label representing the control that you wish to affect.. |
| //state// | The LONG value returned by the last FREEZE for that control that has not been closed. |

**UNFREEZE** resumes redrawing of the control of current thread's top window with passed feq previously suspended by FREEZE. The second //state// parameter is a value returned by last FREEZE for that control which has not been closed by paired **UNFREEZE**.

FREEZE and **UNFREEZE** are useful in certain situations where you wish to delay a control's redraw operation. For example:

·Dynamically changing several properties of the same control, each of which can alter its visibility, (e.g. font name, size and style)

·Performing multiple search-and-replace operations on an RTF control.

Calls to FREEZE can be nested. Every call must have its paired **UNFREEZE**. FREEZE and **UNFREEZE** functions must be used with accuracy; if there is no paired call to **UNFREEZE** for an executed FREEZE, the control cannot be redrawn and thus the screen can be displayed incorrectly.

If a control can be redrawn after **UNFREEZE**ing (e.g., there are no other unclosed calls to FREEZE, the control is visible, etc.), the **UNFREEZE** function forces redrawing of the control.

\\ **Use with Menu controls**

FREEZE/**UNFREEZE** can be used for Menu controls,  but the **feq parameter** for a Menu control must use the special value **10001h**, or the EQUATE "**Freeze:MenuBar**" (defined in EQUATES.CLW).

**Example:**

**x1# = FREEZE (feq)**

**x2# = FREEZE (feq)**

**UNFREEZE (feq, x2#)**

**UNFREEZE (feq, x1#)**

**See also:** [[freeze suspend control redrawing .htm|FREEZE]]