RE: OnIdle called only while mouse's moving
"Peppe" wrote:
Hi
I need to update one class data and the view during the idle, I used this
method in the Cdoc:
void CMyAppDoc::OnIdle(){
theClass->Update();
POSITION pos = GetFirstViewPosition();
CView* pView = GetNextView(pos);
pView->Invalidate(true);
pView->UpdateWindow();
}
It works only when I move the mouse, what's wrong? Z_Z
thanks
Nothing is wrong, I can explain it is by design.
Please take a look at the source code of int CWinThread::Run(), in that
function, IsIdleMessage() is called, and in IsIdleMessage() WM_PAINT is
ignored, which means WM_PAINT will not cause OnIdle to be called, for windows
think it's just a WM_PAINT message and will not change the UI.
Your UpdateWindow() only post a WM_PAINT message, the message queue is not
empty but it's ignored by IsIdleMessage(), that's why.
But when you move your mouse, the message queue is filled with some
WM_MOUSEMOVE and it's not ignored for the position changes. So your OnIdle()
is called again.
My suggestion is to move your Invalidate & UpdateWindow code to somewhere
else.
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