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Re: Don't retrieve !D.Y_VSIZE too quickly [message #81976]

Sun, 04 November 2012 06:06

lecacheux.alain
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Registered: January 2008

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Le dimanche 4 novembre 2012 14:55:36 UTC+1, wlandsman a écrit :
> Here's the simplest form of the test program
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> pro testwin
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> window,xsize=870,ysize=870
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> print,!D.y_size,!D.y_vsize
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> print,!D.y_size,!D.y_vsize
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> return
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> end
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> IDL> testwin
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> % Compiled module: TESTWIN.
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> 870 870
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> 856 856
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> The reason I previously included get_screen_size is that the problem only occurs when opening a window on my machine with a Y size between 856 and 878, in other words between the full screen size and the effective screen size which accounts the 22 pixels needed for the menubar.
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> On Sunday, November 4, 2012 7:09:46 AM UTC-5, alx wrote:
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>> The observed delay might be related to garbage collection of the object that is created within the call of getprimaryscreensize().
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>> In 'testwin', you might exchange this function with original IDL's get_screen_size to check whether a delay is still there.
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>> Alain.

Ok. Definitely different on Windows & IDL 8.2.1 :

IDL> testwin
% Compiled module: TESTWIN.
870 870
870 870

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		Re: Don't retrieve !D.Y_VSIZE too quickly By: lecacheux.alain on Sun, 04 November 2012 06:06
		Re: Don't retrieve !D.Y_VSIZE too quickly By: wlandsman on Sun, 04 November 2012 05:55
		Re: Don't retrieve !D.Y_VSIZE too quickly By: lecacheux.alain on Sun, 04 November 2012 04:09
		Re: Don't retrieve !D.Y_VSIZE too quickly By: wlandsman on Sun, 04 November 2012 03:56
		Re: Don't retrieve !D.Y_VSIZE too quickly By: lecacheux.alain on Sun, 04 November 2012 01:38

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