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Erasing a Canvas [message #464694]

Mon, 28 November 2005 21:41

Igor

Messages: 10
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

hello,

I'm having a problem with my app., in which I use canvases. let's say that
i have a number drawn in one of the canvases thru GC graphics, and I need
to draw a new number in that specific canvas, but when i do so, i can
still see the former number drawn underneath the new one. Is it possible
to simply erase the content of a canvas....so it cannot be seen anymore
and I can draw new stuff on it???
(i checked out the API documentation a few times, but havent found any
methods how to do so....)

Thanks very much.
Best regards.

Igor Rohal

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Re: Erasing a Canvas [message #464698 is a reply to message #464694]

Mon, 28 November 2005 21:56

Veronika Irvine

Messages: 1272
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

1) Do all of your drawing in the Paint event.
2) Use Canvas.redraw to force an area to be repainted.

If you are using SWT.NO_BACKGROUND you will have to draw every pixel (i.e.
you will have to fill in the background too).

"Igor" <igor.dawg@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> hello,
>
> I'm having a problem with my app., in which I use canvases. let's say that
> i have a number drawn in one of the canvases thru GC graphics, and I need
> to draw a new number in that specific canvas, but when i do so, i can
> still see the former number drawn underneath the new one. Is it possible
> to simply erase the content of a canvas....so it cannot be seen anymore
> and I can draw new stuff on it???
> (i checked out the API documentation a few times, but havent found any
> methods how to do so....)
>
> Thanks very much.
> Best regards.
>
> Igor Rohal
>

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