RE: Why does this TextOut() sometimes hang up?

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=?Utf-8?B?TWFyayBTYWxzYmVyeQ==?= <MarkSalsbery@discussions.microsoft.com>

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microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Wed, 9 May 2007 10:43:03 -0700

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<E603B544-517C-4595-B222-BD6364F7792A@microsoft.com>

Are you painting over the top of your drawn text?

Besides the TextOut() in the loop you may need to redraw the same text in
response to WM_PAINT (OnPaint()) to make sure it's redrawn when the window
is repainted as well as in the loop.

Mark

"Peter Olcott" wrote:

I tried to make the equivalent of a simple ProgressBar by
displaying a count in the window of the outermost one of
several nested loops. This process is very CPU intensive so
I have to force screen updates. The count works correctly
unless I move the window, and then the window is no longer
updated. What is causing this, and how can I fix it?

// The TextOut() display code inside a very tight loop
    ClientArea.TextOut(0, 0, String, strlen(String));
    MainWin->InvalidateRect(NULL);
    MainWin->UpdateWindow();

// Window member data
  CDC ClientArea; // virtual window device context
  CBitmap m_bmp; // virtual window bitmap

// Window Constructor
MainWindow::MainWindow()
{
  ScreenWidth = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN);
  ScreenHeight = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN);
  Create(NULL, "SeeScreen the Screen Recognizer",
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW | WS_HSCROLL | WS_VSCROLL, rectDefault,
NULL, "TextMenu");
  CClientDC DC(this);

  // Create bitmap for virtual window
  ClientArea.CreateCompatibleDC(&DC);
  m_bmp.CreateCompatibleBitmap(&DC, ScreenWidth,
ScreenHeight);
  ClientArea.SelectObject(&m_bmp);

  // use standard background
  MainBrush.CreateStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH);
  ClientArea.SelectObject(&MainBrush);

  // paint background of virtual window
  ClientArea.PatBlt(0, 0, ScreenWidth, ScreenHeight,
PATCOPY);
}

// Update screen using contents of virtual window.
afx_msg void MainWindow::OnPaint()
{
  CPaintDC DC(this);
  DC.BitBlt(0, 0, ScreenWidth, ScreenHeight, &ClientArea, 0,
0, SRCCOPY);
}