renderOpenGL() and repaint() function

General JUCE discussion
1

Is it correct to call the repaint method inside of renderOpenGL()? The data is valid less than half of the time since renderOpenGL() is called more often then my frame rate.  I then use g.drawimage inside of the paint(Graphics) function.  The one issue I can see with this is that there is no guarantee when paint() will be called. 

Pseudo Code snippet:

void VideoWindow::renderOpenGL(){

  bool valid = getNewdata(dat);

    if(valid){

       change bitmap data in image

        repaint();

    }

}

Is there a better way to do this?

2

It's not ideal to call it in paint().. In practice it'll probably work but I can't guarantee it won't break at some point in the future.

3

Jules,

Are you saying that it is not ideal to call g.drawimage inside of the paint() function?  If so, how/where should I render the image?

4

no.. your question was about calling repaint() in a paint callback, that's what I was talking about.

5

The issue is that renderOpenGL() is called often (60 times per second), but paint(), except initially, is never called again.  This is why I was forcing the repaint() in renderOpenGL() so that my drawimage( which is in the paint() function) gets called.   I saw in an older thread that you mentioned about getting the next frame of data in the renderOpenGL() function and doing the drawing in paint.  I see no other way to trigger the paint() without calling repaint().  Should I just be drawing the image (a juce image) in the renderOpenGL() using "GL" methods?  

6

If you need continuous repainting, the best place to call repaint() would be from a timer, not the paint method.