Well if a VI is lost its content is undefined - most likely black or white, but by definition simply undefined. There are methods which can be used to query the state of the VI and wether its contents where lost since the last time you asked it.
A VI is usually not a good idea if you would like to store persistent image data in it, its main advantage is that it can be fast rendered-to. BufferedImages are also accalerated for rendering to a native surface (BI->VI/Screen is accalerated, anything->BI is software). lg Clemens [Message sent by forum member 'linuxhippy' (linuxhippy)] http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=246917 =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA2D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
