screen refresh

Rick Rice rice at cariboo.bc.ca
Thu May 5 11:48:52 EDT 2005


On May 5, 2005, at 9:05 AM, Klaus Major wrote:

> 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?
	Yes I did. Doesn't make any difference if it is set to true or false.
	Rick



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