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Article #1094

Re: Changing a Frame and Preventing Redraws in IV3.0B

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From: Mark Linton
Date: Tue, 07 May 1991 18:43
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In article <9105062228.AA01892@micah.cs.wisc.edu>, haber@CS.WISC.EDU (Eben Merriam Haber) writes:
|> 
|> I am using IV3.0B.
|> 
|> I have a ShadowFrame with a message inside it.  I want to be able to change
|> the message, but when I do, the frame doesn't reflect the change until I call
|> 
|>   ToolNameFrame->Change(ToolMessage);
|> 
|> The problem: when I do this the entire screen is redrawn (which is slow and
|> annoying).  How can I keep the whole screen from being redrawn when I update
|> the contents of a frame?

I assume you mean "window" when you say screen.  Anyway, Change is for
when the shape of something changes.  To redraw, just call ToolMessage->Draw()
explicitly.
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Subject: Re: Changing a Frame and Preventing Redraws in IV3.0B
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