screen refresh

Klaus Major klaus at major-k.de
Thu May 5 19:05:05 EDT 2005


Hi Rick,

> On May 5, 2005, at 2:29 AM, MisterX wrote:
>
>> Hi Rick,
>> Have you stripped your scripts to see if the behavior happens  
>> without them?
>> Is it the compiler's problem or not?
>>
>     After casting much dispersion upon microsoft, I finally  
> discovered that the left to right wipe wasn't really that. Rather  
> it was the way the card image was being drawn on the screen. When I  
> hide the image the card displayed correctly.
>     I'm not sure I explained that very well.
>     Each card has an image which covers the entire card and forms  
> the background that all the fields and other images are displayed  
> on top of. When I run the stack or standalone on windoz I get this  
> apparent wipe as the image is drawn. This doesn't happen on the Mac  
> (classic or X). And it's even more strange. The same image on  
> another card in the same stack does not cause this wipe problem.  
> The entire card simply displays.
>     Any suggestions as to a better way to cover a card with a  
> background image?

quick guess: Did you check the "alwaysbuffer" of that image?

At least worth a try...

>     Rick

Best

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de



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