RR should unset the hover state of buttons after a timeout.

**Arathranar** · 03-25-2005, 01:10 AM

Originally Posted by guino

This is EXACTLY WHY those calls are there -- to prevent labels from flashing.

That's what I discovered. Hence, in my previous change there's a missing ValidateRect() call for the new code to unset the button on hover out in order to stop flashing in that scenario. However, those calls to ValidateRect() shouldn't be necessary. I'll keep digging to see if I can work out why they are needed with the current code since it intrigues me.

Originally Posted by guino

This is VB -- there's NOTHING fast about it.. probably the PaintPicture procedure is at fault (specialy when scaling is being used).. I just didn't want to go throgh the trouble of using API calls when the result was fairly decent as it is.. honestly I don't know what all the fuss about speed/cpu usage is.. you've always had the option to turn off those things and save your 2% CPU extra usage..

Well, after reviewing the cpu usage actually on my Car PC, I'm more inclined to agree with you. I see 2-5% cpu usage with the flashing mute button versus 8-25% on my Tablet PC! My Car PC is faster (AMD1900+ vs P3-866) but I wouldn't have expected such a big difference in perf. My Tablet PC does have a really crappy video chip so that could be contributing. 2% is a much more reasonable amount of cpu usage for what's happening.

**Arathranar** · 03-25-2005, 01:12 AM

The Empty screen

So that's what it's for! I had been wondering. I can see why people wouldn't bother - hiding the buttons would make a skin really ugly. Better to have them present but unclickable in my opinion.

I have been wondering about adding options in the skin definition files for adjustable button lists so you can easily alter the contents and still have it look good.

**Arathranar** · 03-25-2005, 01:13 AM

Originally Posted by archimense

I addition to this problem, I have found that it is possible to place the cursor between two buttons, and have RR flicker back and forth between them.

My fix above basically stops this too as a side effect even with a badly set up skin.

**guino** · 03-25-2005, 04:00 AM

Originally Posted by Arathranar

That's what I discovered. Hence, in my previous change there's a missing ValidateRect() call for the new code to unset the button on hover out in order to stop flashing in that scenario. However, those calls to ValidateRect() shouldn't be necessary. I'll keep digging to see if I can work out why they are needed with the current code since it intrigues me.

The reason is simple: VB Invalidates the WHOLE window when you draw something on it.. that causes all objects in it to redraw/flash... as I mentioned in my message, VB sucks..

**Arathranar** · 03-25-2005, 04:10 AM

Where do the labels / slider thumb get drawn? I'm struggling to work those out.

**guino** · 03-25-2005, 04:14 AM

the labels are created with the addlbl sub.. they're then adjusted after the skin is loaded and ready to be shown in "dolabels" .. their contents is updated in UpdateScreen... the list objects have their own methods...

Sliders are updated in UpdateSliders and are drawn in the same fashion as the buttons..

**Arathranar** · 03-25-2005, 04:26 AM

I found the code to update the text content / slider position. What I don't understand is how they get drawn. For e.g. I can disabled the UpdateSliders sub and the thumb stops moving but does still get drawn. I'm trying to work out how to prevent it drawing so I can get a better handle on how VB works.

**guino** · 03-25-2005, 04:33 AM

the pointer is loaded into an image container when the slider is defined.. that's why it is "drawn".. updateslider just moves the image around when it needs to..

**Arathranar** · 03-25-2005, 04:46 AM

Light dawns...

**mauri** · 03-25-2005, 06:32 AM

After install the 19/3 update,one problem:

Launch the Radio, this work ok, but after I open the Audio player, hide all my Playlist (settings correctly in the RR config).
This only after the update 19/3.