[Gambas-user] Correct way to .Refresh a DrawingArea with Paint?

[Jussi Lahtinen]

> It is with a timer? like:
>
> Public Sub tmrTick_Timer()'at 33Hz
>
> daPlanta1.Refresh  ' here?
>
> End
>
> or
>
> Public Sub daPlanta1_MouseMove()
>
> NewX = Mouse.X' used to change things
> NewY = Mouse.Y
> daPlanta1.Refresh  ' or here?
>
> End
>

Either one should work, but the latter can cause a lot of extra calls.
Maybe enable the timer on mouse move event for optimal CPU usage.



> Also, what happens when I draw a lot of things and .Refresh is called
> BEFORE the _Draw event finished?
>

I don't think that can happen. Unless you do something wrong like put wait
command in the event.


Jussi
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