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Thank you for the link, pointers and patience! :>  I'll check that out this
weekend! :>  Have a good week! :>





"Gillmer J. Derge [TeamB]" <spam@gillmerderge.com> wrote in message
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> "PeterH" <!Sorry-TooMuchSpam!nope@nope.com> wrote in message
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> > I've been hearing things about doing things with a double buffer instead
> of
> > in memory, or objects that are directly being used to display on the
> screen.
> > Could you point me in the right direction to start finding information
> on?
> > Much appreciated.
>
> Double buffering basically means that rather than painting directly to the
> screen you paint to an off-screen image.  The image is then copied to the
> screen at once.  This can help reduce flickering with components that have
> complicated paint methods or with components that display animation.
>
> The good news is that Swing components automatically use double buffering.
> That's another reason to override paintComponent instead of paint.  One of
> the things the paint method does is to manage double buffering for you.
So
> you probably don't need to do anything new with your component.
>
> One place to find out more about double buffering and painting components
> is the section of the Java Tutorial on painting.
>
> http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/overview/draw.html
>
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> Gillmer J. Derge [TeamB]
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