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Title:	DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:	Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:	TAEC::BEROUD

Created:	Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:	Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	6497
Total number of notes:	27359

2002.0. "T1.2.4 Iconic Map display questions" by HAZARD::BAKER (Paul Baker, UK Product and Technology Group - 844 3311) Mon Dec 30 1991 05:32

These questions are carried over from note 1902 as it seems they got missed 
in the other answers:

Running T1.2.4 on VS3100 M48, 16Mb memory, VMS V5.4-3, using DNS

1 - Why, when looking down or up from an entity or domain, does the window get
    cleared by a downwards wipe, then have the original display recreated, get
    cleared again and then finally paint the next display?

    This appears only to happen when using a VMS system as the display, it does
    not occur when using a remote ULTRIX 4.2 system.

2 - Why, when closing the navigation window, does the main map window get popped
    in front of any other windows (eg the graph display)?

Both of these issues give DECmcc an untidy user interface from the customer 
point of view and will not help to sell the product. They are also a waste of
system resources.

Paul.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2002.1	Same effect	TAVIS::PERETZ		`Mon Dec 30 1991 07:40`	17
	>1 - Why, when looking down or up from an entity or domain, does the window get > cleared by a downwards wipe, then have the original display recreated, get > cleared again and then finally paint the next display? And the next display is also painted two times. You can see it very clearly if you use a complex map (like the world map) in the background. If the navigation window is also open you can see a lot of activity taking place there long after the display in the main map window has stabilised. I also agree that this effect should be eliminated. >2 - Why, when closing the navigation window, does the main map window get popped > in front of any other windows (eg the graph display)? Well, isnt it because you click on the main map window in order to close the navigation window? Naturally this pops up the main map. Peretz
2002.2	Oops - too much Christmas spirit...	HAZARD::BAKER	Paul Baker, UK Product and Technology Group - 844 3311	`Tue Dec 31 1991 07:04`	15
	Re .1 >2 - Why, when closing the navigation window, does the main map window get popped > in front of any other windows (eg the graph display)? Well, isnt it because you click on the main map window in order to close the navigation window? Naturally this pops up the main map. Umm - well yes, Peretz, you're right - too much Christmas spirit on my part - I think... Roll on '92.. Paul.
2002.3	extra repaint removed	BARREL::LEMMON		`Fri Jan 17 1992 11:29`	10
	The extra screen repaint was removed. It occured because we set the map workarea to sensitive = false then back to true when the lookinto/lookup completed. This caused gobe to repaint the entire workarea. Now we just disable the mb1/mb2 buttons. There are two side efects though... the scroll bars are not dimmed and the user can scroll around while the lookinto is occurring. /Jim
2002.4	Window shuffle problem in T1.2.4	CUJO::HILL	Dan Hill-Net.Mgt.-Customer Resident	`Tue Jan 21 1992 23:59`	13
	I've also noticed a problem (T1.2.4) with a repaint and window "shuffle" when issuing a SHOW command from IMPM. The repaint of the map window occurs and any and all management windows for COUNTER, CHARACTERISTIC, ... are pushed behind the map window. Very irritating. Has this also been fixed? By the way, how many repaints will be present in the final release of 1.2 when doing a "look into" operation? -Thanks, Dan
2002.5	Need more info...	BARREL::LEMMON		`Wed Jan 29 1992 14:42`	13
	Dan, I can't reproduce what you are describing. Can you tell me the exact user flow? Also, the v1.2 iconic map will repaint only once for global entities, twice for child entities. The extra repaint at the global level was removed. thanks /Jim p.s. please mail me your reply.