Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!neoucom!sam From: sam@neoucom.UUCP (Scott A. Mason) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Help: Using CopyBits for Update Message-ID: <1625@neoucom.UUCP> Date: 12 May 89 13:18:45 GMT References: <1617@neoucom.UUCP> <7254@hoptoad.uucp> Reply-To: sam@neoucom.UUCP (Scott A. Mason) Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Lines: 20 In article <7254@hoptoad.uucp> tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney) writes: > >The alternative to using an offscreen bitmap is to draw the characters >directly into the window... > I am already using the DrawChar to draw the character directly into the window, and that works fine. >If a dialog box or something comes up in front of your window, then >goes away, then the offscreen bitmap approach will lead to a faster >update of the covered region... This is exactly my problem. How does one update the screen if it has not been stored in an offscreen bitmap?? -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," and certainly don't blame me. UUCP: {pitt, scooter, hal, cwjcc}!neoucom!sam INTERNET: sam@neoucom.UUCP Scott A. Mason, Coordinator of Systems Operations, NEOUCOM