Re: [osg-users] Vista/Windows 7 visual problems on resize

2010-01-21 Thread Andrew Cunningham
On Windows 7 setting the theme to Windows 7 Basic (disabling Aero) fixes all my visual problems on various Windows 7 machines ( not all nVidia). So I think we have to assume that mixing GDI and accelerated OpenGL graphics in the same window is a no-no on both W7 and Vista ( even if GDI is accele

Re: [osg-users] Vista/Windows 7 visual problems on resize

2010-01-21 Thread Jean-Sébastien Guay
Hi Gordon, But windows 7 and NVIDIA drivers fails and dies a lot for both Opengl and Direct X, and that causes issues even though Window 7 recovers and restarts the driver is sucks up resources leading slowdowns and crashes You see a lot of nvlddmkm.sys problems in the event logs ( there's a lot

Re: [osg-users] Vista/Windows 7 visual problems on resize

2010-01-21 Thread Trajce Nikolov
inal Message- > From: osg-users-boun...@lists.openscenegraph.org > [mailto:osg-users-boun...@lists.openscenegraph.org] On Behalf Of Andrew > Cunningham > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 9:41 PM > To: osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org > Subject: Re: [osg-users] Vista/Windows 7 visual prob

Re: [osg-users] Vista/Windows 7 visual problems on resize

2010-01-21 Thread Tomlinson, Gordon
scenegraph.org [mailto:osg-users-boun...@lists.openscenegraph.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Cunningham Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 9:41 PM To: osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org Subject: Re: [osg-users] Vista/Windows 7 visual problems on resize I think this answers my question , at least regarding

Re: [osg-users] Vista/Windows 7 visual problems on resize

2010-01-20 Thread Andrew Cunningham
So this now begs the question.. how to draw a nice "zoom box" using 'pure' OpenGL/OSG since I can't use CRectTracker/GDI -- Read this topic online here: http://forum.openscenegraph.org/viewtopic.php?p=22966#22966 ___ osg-users maili

Re: [osg-users] Vista/Windows 7 visual problems on resize

2010-01-20 Thread Andrew Cunningham
I think this answers my question , at least regarding trying to use CRectTracker. >From http://www.opengl.org/pipeline/article/vol003_7/ "GDI is no longer hardware-accelerated, but instead rendered to system memory using the CPU. That rendering is later composed on a 3D surface in order to be

Re: [osg-users] Vista/Windows 7 visual problems on resize

2010-01-20 Thread Jean-Sébastien Guay
Hello Andrew, When running on Windows 7/Vista using accelerated graphics, and when resizing a window, an MFC OSG window flashes a lot and "phantom" bits of the window frame are left behind while resizing. The same is seen when using an MFC CRectTracker and TrackRubberBand on the OSG 3D windo

[osg-users] Vista/Windows 7 visual problems on resize

2010-01-20 Thread Andrew Cunningham
When running on Windows 7/Vista using accelerated graphics, and when resizing a window, an MFC OSG window flashes a lot and "phantom" bits of the window frame are left behind while resizing. The same is seen when using an MFC CRectTracker and TrackRubberBand on the OSG 3D window, the old Rect i