[Gambas-user] rendering text in a GLArea

[terco IDE]

> >> Le 10/01/2014 16:56, terco IDE a ?crit :
> >>> Hi, does anyone has an example on rendering some text in a glArea with (or without) openGL?
> >>>
> >>> tnx!
> >>>
> >>> Saludos
> >>> Martin
> >>>
> >>
> >> Look at the PdfPresentation example, it uses a GLArea. And I don't know
> >> what you mean by *not* using OpenGL to draw in a GLArea.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Beno?t Minisini
> >>
> >
> > funny, it's the only OpenGL example I can't run: program freezes while showing the Openfile dialog.
> 
> Indeed, with gb.gtk. But it works with gb.qt4...
> 
> > Tried this workaround:
> >
> > Dialog.Title = ("Select a PDF file")
> > Dialog.Filter = ["*.pdf", ("PDF files")]
> >    'If Dialog.OpenFile() Then Return   ' FREEZES HERE
> >    'workaround (its a valid path)
> >   sPath = User.home &/ "CIRSOC tablas de perfiles.pdf" 'Dialog.Path
> >   txtPath.Text = sPath
> >
> > but only shows a rotating cube with the gambas logo.
> 
> You must press the SPACE key then.
> 
> -- 
> Beno?t Minisini
> 

Just thougt about a little hidden Picturebox to print the text with usual methods and then past the image from memory into the GLArea when rendering. Do you think that would work?