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Re: IDL and OPENGL [message #17053 is a reply to message #13153]

Wed, 08 September 1999 00:00

enric
Messages: 4
Registered: November 1998

Junior Member

In article <7r0emb$kqp$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
enric@indo.es wrote:
> Hi!
>
> We are using IDL to develop a user interface. In this interface,
> a graphical windows is opened and closed. This window constains a
> IDL_Draw object quite big.
> Our machine has a OPENGL graphics card. When we use the 'use hardware
> OPENGL' flag... we loose 4 MB of memory each time the window is
> opened/closed. If we set 'use software OPENGL' no memory is lost.
>
> Anyone knows the reason/solution ??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Enric
>
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We found it out!

Thanks to Karl Schultz, who pointed us to the graphics card.
The resolution we were using was too high for the graphics
card to support OpenGL. Reducing the resolution no memory is
lost. So, we do not know were the problem is. But we know how
to avoid it.

Thanks.

Enric

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