[Gambas-user] Gui question = menu shadow left on screen after click

[Benoît Minisini]

> On Monday 10 January 2011 08:04:26 Benoît Minisini wrote:
> > > Hi list
> > > 
> > > Enclosed is picture - when I click on  a menu item, and the code
> > > attatched to a menu item
> > 
> > "attached" how ? Where ?
> 
> to explain further
> 
> Menu may have several items:
> -- display result
> -- delete document
> -- display audit trail
> 
> etc.
> 
> I've quickly made this code up to illustrate:
> 
> public sub mnu_click()
> 
> Select case  last.tag
> 	case "show result"
> 			Webbrowser1.html = shtml
> 	case "delete"
> 	case "audit trail"
> 		Audit_Trail_Show()
> End select
> end
> 
> Public sub Audit_Trail_Show()
> 	... do lots of stuff in here
> 	... eg. > database queries
> 	... prepare html
> 	.. show in webview etc
> end
> 
> Now, because say show result is really quick, the code executes, the spot
> on the screen where the menu wndow was is removed by gambas or whatever
> and no shadow appears
> 
> The code under Audit_Trail_Show() is alot slower, and it seems to be
> executed first completely, before gambas decides to refresh the screen
> area where the menu was occupying, so that a gray area remains on the
> screen as per the picture until the screen is refreshed, which seems to
> take place after the Audit_Trail_Show occurs.
> 
> Does that make more sense?
> 
> rEgards
> 
> Richard
> 

I can't reproduce that behaviour with Gambas 3. The GUI under the menu is 
correctly refreshed before the heavy process starts.

Did you try with different widget styles?

-- 
Benoît Minisini