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Re: Exceed and IDL [message #16191 is a reply to message #16186]

Wed, 07 July 1999 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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Mark Hadfield (m.hadfield@niwa.cri.nz) writes:

>> (1) You are using object graphics in the window, in which
>> case RETAIN should *always* be set to 0.
>
> I disagree. For object graphics draw widgets on Windows NT, I have found the
> best results (fast drawing, fast refresh when a window is re-exposed) are
> achieved with:
>
> RENDERER = 0 ; "Hardware" renderer
> RETAIN=2 ; IDL provides backing store
> EXPOSE_EVENTS=0 ; Not necessary for widget application to redraw its
> own windows
>
> I imagine that other platforms have different optimum settings, but you use
> NT primarily, don't you David?

When objects first came out I noticed that my axes
labels would disappear. After about 50 frustrating hours
convincing myself that I was doing everything correctly, I
gave up and contacted RSI. I was told in no uncertain terms
that this was caused by setting the RETAIN keyword to 2
and that RETAIN should *always* be 0 in object graphics.
This made sense, because you already *have* the backing
store to repair the window: the view you want to display.
Why carry around yet more baggage? Sure enough, it
fixed the problem.

I was so scarred by this experience that I have just
been plodding along doing it this way from that moment
forward. Frankly, I'm shocked to hear there is another
way. :-)

With respect to rendering. I spent a pile of dough
getting two really nice 3D graphics cards that had
OpenGL support. *Both* of those cards render slower
in hardware than they do in software, although I have
never tried setting the RENDERER keyword on the
draw widget. I just always set the Hardware Rendering
option in the Option Settings. Of course, this is
one of those situations where *nobody* in technical
support, from *either* company, wants to have anything
to do with you. It's always *their* fault.

Let's just say I *knew* I should have bought the
Dell machine. :-(

Cheers,

David
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		Re: Exceed and IDL By: meron on Thu, 08 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Exceed and IDL By: Mark Hadfield on Thu, 08 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Exceed and IDL By: Mark Hadfield on Thu, 08 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Exceed and IDL By: davidf on Wed, 07 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Exceed and IDL By: Richard G. French on Wed, 07 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Exceed and IDL By: Liam Gumley on Wed, 07 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Exceed and IDL By: davidf on Wed, 07 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Exceed and IDL By: bkrrrrr on Wed, 07 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Exceed and IDL By: Liam Gumley on Wed, 07 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Exceed and IDL By: bkrrrrr on Tue, 06 July 1999 00:00
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		Re: Exceed and IDL By: Liam Gumley on Tue, 06 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Exceed and IDL By: Barry Latter on Tue, 06 July 1999 00:00
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