Hi,
I do not understand what exactly mean "very overloaded app" but I've never notice any flickering in static state so never tried to use
WS_EX_COMPOSITED. According to many discussion it can cause many issues.
You can try DoubleBuffered property on Form level which should help.
Another possibility is to use my TrGroupBox with automatic resizing of children components which is done just after some delay so resizing of form with many components are much faster and smooth.
I hope it helps
Tomas