locking up
This might be more of a GDI question, but since I'm in MFC, I'll ask: Would BitBlt-ing to the screen repeatedly tend to lock up a program, after alt+tabbing to another application? If so, why? This seems to be happening to me, and I want to get to the bottom of the problem. What I have is either a fade loop or a screen-size redraw, both based on a timer and bitblt. Quite often, after I leave the program to go to another app, I cannot return and must "end task".
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"Steve Russell" <srussell@removethisinnernet.net> wrote in message news:%23YFL5Ks%23FHA.360@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... > This might be more of a GDI question, but since I'm in MFC, I'll ask: > > Would BitBlt-ing to the screen repeatedly tend to lock up a program, after > alt+tabbing to another application? If so, why? This seems to be > happening to me, and I want to get to the bottom of the problem. What I > have is either a fade loop or a screen-size redraw, both based on a timer > and bitblt. Quite often, after I leave the program to go to another app, > I cannot return and must "end task". - - - I should clarify that both involve GetClientRect and the entire available draw area.
How confident are you of your GDI code? It sounds as if there could be a resource leak. "Steve Russell" <srussell@removethisinnernet.net> wrote in message news:%23YFL5Ks%23FHA.360@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... > This might be more of a GDI question, but since I'm in MFC, I'll ask: > > Would BitBlt-ing to the screen repeatedly tend to lock up a program, after > alt+tabbing to another application? If so, why? This seems to be > happening to me, and I want to get to the bottom of the problem. What I > have is either a fade loop or a screen-size redraw, both based on a timer > and bitblt. Quite often, after I leave the program to go to another app, > I cannot return and must "end task". >
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Define "lock up"...there are various interpretations of this phrase, including "nothing seems to draw" which usually translates as "GDI resource leak". The use of GetClientRect on the entire available draw area is almost certainly irrelevant. One thing to try is to attach a debugger (or be running under the debugger), and do a break to see where you are running. Then, try single-stepping (note that if you are in a paint handler, you have to make sure the VS running the debugger does not in any way overlap any of the window being drawn, or you won't be able to effectively debug). joe On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 19:20:11 -0500, "Steve Russell" <srussell@removethisinnernet.net> wrote: >"Steve Russell" <srussell@removethisinnernet.net> wrote in message >news:%23YFL5Ks%23FHA.360@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >> This might be more of a GDI question, but since I'm in MFC, I'll ask: >> >> Would BitBlt-ing to the screen repeatedly tend to lock up a program, after >> alt+tabbing to another application? If so, why? This seems to be >> happening to me, and I want to get to the bottom of the problem. What I >> have is either a fade loop or a screen-size redraw, both based on a timer >> and bitblt. Quite often, after I leave the program to go to another app, >> I cannot return and must "end task". > - - - >I should clarify that both involve GetClientRect and the entire available >draw area. > Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP] email: newcomer@flounder.com Web: http://www.flounder.com MVP Tips: http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm
newcomerThanks, Joe. By "lock up" I mean that the only thing left visually of my program is the icon in the taskbar. The window does not reappear, once I have switched to another application and then try to return. ---------------- "Joseph M. Newcomer" <newcomer@flounder.com> wrote in message news:6hnep1hfbi7qnch46rcpb1j50p184a44o0@4ax.com... > Define "lock up"...there are various interpretations of this phrase, > including "nothing > seems to draw" which usually translates as "GDI resource leak". > > The use of GetClientRect on the entire available draw area is almost > certainly irrelevant. > > One thing to try is to attach a debugger (or be running under the > debugger), and do a > break to see where you are running. Then, try single-stepping (note that > if you are in a > paint handler, you have to make sure the VS running the debugger does not > in any way > overlap any of the window being drawn, or you won't be able to effectively > debug). > joe > > On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 19:20:11 -0500, "Steve Russell" > <srussell@removethisinnernet.net> > wrote: > >>"Steve Russell" <srussell@removethisinnernet.net> wrote in message >>news:%23YFL5Ks%23FHA.360@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >>> This might be more of a GDI question, but since I'm in MFC, I'll ask: >>> >>> Would BitBlt-ing to the screen repeatedly tend to lock up a program, >>> after >>> alt+tabbing to another application? If so, why? This seems to be >>> happening to me, and I want to get to the bottom of the problem. What I >>> have is either a fade loop or a screen-size redraw, both based on a >>> timer >>> and bitblt. Quite often, after I leave the program to go to another >>> app, >>> I cannot return and must "end task". >> - - - >>I should clarify that both involve GetClientRect and the entire available >>draw area. >> > Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP] > email: newcomer@flounder.com > Web: http://www.flounder.com > MVP Tips: http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm
Thanks, Joe and "M". I was probably deleting a particular object, that calls GDI functions, a bit too late in the BitBlt cycles. Now, instead of locking up, the program stops, so I'll look elsewhere for that problem. ---------------- "M" <a@b.com> wrote in message news:OEeazVs%23FHA.3340@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... > How confident are you of your GDI code? It sounds as if there could be a > resource leak. > > > > "Steve Russell" <srussell@removethisinnernet.net> wrote in message > news:%23YFL5Ks%23FHA.360@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >> This might be more of a GDI question, but since I'm in MFC, I'll ask: >> >> Would BitBlt-ing to the screen repeatedly tend to lock up a program, >> after alt+tabbing to another application? If so, why? This seems to be >> happening to me, and I want to get to the bottom of the problem. What I >> have is either a fade loop or a screen-size redraw, both based on a timer >> and bitblt. Quite often, after I leave the program to go to another app, >> I cannot return and must "end task". >> > >
Now I notice that Windows screensaver also stops my program. I am bitblting to the entire screen on a timer every several seconds. Any further thoughts on this, before I try to track down the bug? ------------ "Joseph M. Newcomer" <newcomer@flounder.com> wrote in message news:6hnep1hfbi7qnch46rcpb1j50p184a44o0@4ax.com... > Define "lock up"...there are various interpretations of this phrase, > including "nothing > seems to draw" which usually translates as "GDI resource leak". > > The use of GetClientRect on the entire available draw area is almost > certainly irrelevant. > > One thing to try is to attach a debugger (or be running under the > debugger), and do a > break to see where you are running. Then, try single-stepping (note that > if you are in a > paint handler, you have to make sure the VS running the debugger does not > in any way > overlap any of the window being drawn, or you won't be able to effectively > debug). > joe > > On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 19:20:11 -0500, "Steve Russell" > <srussell@removethisinnernet.net> > wrote: > >>"Steve Russell" <srussell@removethisinnernet.net> wrote in message >>news:%23YFL5Ks%23FHA.360@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >>> This might be more of a GDI question, but since I'm in MFC, I'll ask: >>> >>> Would BitBlt-ing to the screen repeatedly tend to lock up a program, >>> after >>> alt+tabbing to another application? If so, why? This seems to be >>> happening to me, and I want to get to the bottom of the problem. What I >>> have is either a fade loop or a screen-size redraw, both based on a >>> timer >>> and bitblt. Quite often, after I leave the program to go to another >>> app, >>> I cannot return and must "end task". >> - - - >>I should clarify that both involve GetClientRect and the entire available >>draw area. >> > Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP] > email: newcomer@flounder.com > Web: http://www.flounder.com > MVP Tips: http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm
Aha -- I was deriving some of my supporting values from GetClipBox. Therefore, when the the window was not visible, I had zero values that would not increment and thus the lockup. Thanks again, gentlemen. --------------- "Joseph M. Newcomer" <newcomer@flounder.com> wrote in message news:6hnep1hfbi7qnch46rcpb1j50p184a44o0@4ax.com... > Define "lock up"...there are various interpretations of this phrase, > including "nothing > seems to draw" which usually translates as "GDI resource leak". > > The use of GetClientRect on the entire available draw area is almost > certainly irrelevant. > > One thing to try is to attach a debugger (or be running under the > debugger), and do a > break to see where you are running. Then, try single-stepping (note that > if you are in a > paint handler, you have to make sure the VS running the debugger does not > in any way > overlap any of the window being drawn, or you won't be able to effectively > debug). > joe > > On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 19:20:11 -0500, "Steve Russell" > <srussell@removethisinnernet.net> > wrote: > >>"Steve Russell" <srussell@removethisinnernet.net> wrote in message >>news:%23YFL5Ks%23FHA.360@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >>> This might be more of a GDI question, but since I'm in MFC, I'll ask: >>> >>> Would BitBlt-ing to the screen repeatedly tend to lock up a program, >>> after >>> alt+tabbing to another application? If so, why? This seems to be >>> happening to me, and I want to get to the bottom of the problem. What I >>> have is either a fade loop or a screen-size redraw, both based on a >>> timer >>> and bitblt. Quite often, after I leave the program to go to another >>> app, >>> I cannot return and must "end task". >> - - - >>I should clarify that both involve GetClientRect and the entire available >>draw area. >> > Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP] > email: newcomer@flounder.com > Web: http://www.flounder.com > MVP Tips: http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm
Screensavers often run in a separate desktop, so whatever you are doing to your main desktop becomes irrelevant if the screensaver is up. joe On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 08:25:26 -0500, "Steve Russell" <srussell@removethisinnernet.net> wrote: >Now I notice that Windows screensaver also stops my program. I am bitblting >to the entire screen on a timer every several seconds. Any further thoughts >on this, before I try to track down the bug? >------------ >"Joseph M. Newcomer" <newcomer@flounder.com> wrote in message >news:6hnep1hfbi7qnch46rcpb1j50p184a44o0@4ax.com... >> Define "lock up"...there are various interpretations of this phrase, >> including "nothing >> seems to draw" which usually translates as "GDI resource leak". >> >> The use of GetClientRect on the entire available draw area is almost >> certainly irrelevant. >> >> One thing to try is to attach a debugger (or be running under the >> debugger), and do a >> break to see where you are running. Then, try single-stepping (note that >> if you are in a >> paint handler, you have to make sure the VS running the debugger does not >> in any way >> overlap any of the window being drawn, or you won't be able to effectively >> debug). >> joe >> >> On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 19:20:11 -0500, "Steve Russell" >> <srussell@removethisinnernet.net> >> wrote: >> >>>"Steve Russell" <srussell@removethisinnernet.net> wrote in message >>>news:%23YFL5Ks%23FHA.360@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >>>> This might be more of a GDI question, but since I'm in MFC, I'll ask: >>>> >>>> Would BitBlt-ing to the screen repeatedly tend to lock up a program, >>>> after >>>> alt+tabbing to another application? If so, why? This seems to be >>>> happening to me, and I want to get to the bottom of the problem. What I >>>> have is either a fade loop or a screen-size redraw, both based on a >>>> timer >>>> and bitblt. Quite often, after I leave the program to go to another >>>> app, >>>> I cannot return and must "end task". >>> - - - >>>I should clarify that both involve GetClientRect and the entire available >>>draw area. >>> >> Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP] >> email: newcomer@flounder.com >> Web: http://www.flounder.com >> MVP Tips: http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm > Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP] email: newcomer@flounder.com Web: http://www.flounder.com MVP Tips: http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm
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