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From: gary@eddie.MIT.EDU (Gary Samad)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Rapid Stimulus Displaying on the Amiga Help
Message-ID: <5645@eddie.MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 29-Apr-87 11:28:18 EDT
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Posted: Wed Apr 29 11:28:18 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 2-May-87 02:34:14 EDT
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Reply-To: gary@eddie.MIT.EDU (Gary Samad)
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Organization: MIT, EE/CS Computer Facilities, Cambridge, MA
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Keywords: Fast, Screen, Window, RastPort, etc displays

In article <912@watcgl.UUCP> fdfishman@watcgl.UUCP writes:
>
> 2)We also tried to use the WindowToFront(), but this does not appear to be
> "Instant", since we could see each plane get copied, and we get a fade in
> effect (I actually like the effect but for an experiment it does not work), I
> figured that I could solve this problem by defining the windows as
> SuperBitMap windows, but alas, it works for small windows, but for larger
> windows we still see see the fade in (It might be noted that I still have
> free chipmemory after opening all the windows).  So my question is, is it
> possible to make a Window raise "instantly"?  Also on this note I noticed
> that when you do a WindowToFront it returns within a ms, is this because a
> WindowToFront is done in the background?
>

Unfortunately, you're right about this one.  WindowToFront and WindowToBack
and a few others actually only REQUEST that the window be moved to the front
(or whatever) and return immediately.  Eventually, when Intuition gets around
to it, the window is finally moved.  Ah, yes, another call that works this
way is ActivateWindow which, unfortunately, can cause some not-so-funny
problems with window activation.  Anyone have a solution (even just some
way to wait until the requested action has really been performed)?

	Gary