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| Re: expose events and window dragging in object graphics [message #19747] |
Fri, 14 April 2000 00:00 |
davidf
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Registered: September 1996
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Richard Tyc (richt@sbrc.umanitoba.ca) writes:
> I have a IDLgrWindow object which generates expose events and the RETAIN is
> set to 0 indicating no backing store as the manuals suggest to improve
> performance and utilize hardware acceleration.
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> In the app, I create a modal , top level CW_FORM widget and when I drag this
> widget in front of the Window, it does not update the window until AFTER I
> release the mouse which results in a very unprofessional look during the
> drag since the widget is essentially sweeping across the Draw Widget
> (IDLgrWindow) with no background update.
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> Are expose events not produced during the drag ?
> Anyway around this ?
I've read the warning, and in fact I almost always set
RETAIN=0 in my object graphics windows, but I keep noticing
in code written at RSI that RETAIN is always set to 2.
I find this *very* suspicious. :-)
Cheers,
David
P.S. I don't know any ways around it.
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