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Window Class Reference

#include <hps.h>

Public Types

enum  Driver {
  Driver::Default3D, Driver::OpenGL, Driver::OpenGL2, Driver::DirectX9,
  Driver::DirectX11
}
 
enum  FrameOptions { FrameOptions::Inset, FrameOptions::Overlay }
 
enum  FrameSize { FrameSize::Single, FrameSize::Double }
 
enum  Mobility { Mobility::Locked, Mobility::Floating, Mobility::FixedRatio, Mobility::Free }
 
enum  UpdateControl {
  UpdateControl::DefaultUpdate, UpdateControl::CompleteUpdate, UpdateControl::RefreshUpdate, UpdateControl::CompileOnlyUpdate,
  UpdateControl::ExhaustiveUpdate
}
 
enum  UpdateStatus {
  UpdateStatus::InProgress, UpdateStatus::Completed, UpdateStatus::TimedOut, UpdateStatus::Interrupted,
  UpdateStatus::Failed
}
 

Detailed Description

The Window class is a concept class for window-related enum classes.

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum Window::Driver
strong

Enumerates the types of supported display drivers. We recommend that you use the Default3D driver type, and provide end-users with the ability to manually select from a range of 3d drivers in a driver-pulldown list. This will allow them to potentially work around graphics-card-specific problems that occur with a specific driver type.

Enumerator
Default3D 

Visualize will perform runtime query of the 3D capabilities of the Operating System and graphics card and automatically choose a display driver. Under Windows, preference will be given to DirectX API, followed by OpenGL. Under all other platforms, only the OpenGL API is supported.

OpenGL 

Fixed-function driver which supports OpenGL 1.X+ Any functionality that requires shaders will not be supported when using this driver. Available on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

OpenGL2 

Shader-based driver which supports OpenGL 2.X+ Available on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, iOS and Android.

DirectX9 

Shader-based driver which support DirectX 9.0c Available on Windows.

DirectX11 

Shader-based driver which supports DirectX 10.X+ Available on Windows.

enum Window::FrameOptions
strong

Window Frame Positioning

Enumerator
Inset 

Window Frame Positioning.

Overlay 

Window Frame Positioning.

enum Window::FrameSize
strong

Dimensions of the Window Frame

Enumerator
Single 

Window Frame Size.

Double 

Window Frame Size.

enum Window::Mobility
strong

Enumerates the mobility modes (i.e., resizing and positioning behaviors) for stand-alone windows.

Enumerator
Locked 

The stand-alone window cannot be moved or resized.

Floating 

The stand-alone window can be moved, but cannot be resized.

FixedRatio 

The stand-alone window can be moved and resized, but the aspect ratio cannot be changed.

Free 

The stand-alone window can be moved and resized, and the aspect ratio can be changed.

enum Window::UpdateControl
strong

Controls the type of update that Visualize will attempt to perform

Enumerator
DefaultUpdate 

sure that the screen is up-to-date with respect to the internal scene graph. Allows Visualize to automatically perform optimizations.

CompleteUpdate 

Redraws the entire scene regardless of whether any changes occurred in the scene-graph which may have triggered (required) an update. It should only be used in specific situations where an update is required due to factors external to the scene-graph. An example would be the situation where GUI event-handling logic encounters a 'GUI window expose' event which Visualize is not aware of, but the scene needs to be forcefully redrawn to repair (via a complete redraw) the exposed portion of the window.

RefreshUpdate 

Pulls the back buffer onto the screen. This is a useful way to update the screen after an expose event like when a window that was occluding your scene is moved away.

CompileOnlyUpdate 

Only compiles static trees and display lists.

ExhaustiveUpdate 

Will perform a complete update and also rebuild static trees and display lists that are enabled in the scene-graph. This should typically only be performed for the first update following a file load, or the effective equivalent, such as loading/creating another model inside an existing scene-graph that has the static setting.

enum Window::UpdateStatus
strong

Enumerates the status that can be returned when performing an update.

Enumerator
InProgress 

Update is not done yet.

Completed 

Update was successfully completed.

TimedOut 

Update timed out before it could be completed.

Interrupted 

Update was interrupted.

Failed 

Update failed.


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