Re: [GD-Windows] .NET main loop

[Jacobo R. <ffe...@ty...>]

You have an alternative method to do the main loop. You can insert a=20
delegate that executes in the idle time of the form. Here are an example=20
but it's write on C# (I use C++ managed too, but with opengl instead dx)

http://xplsv.com/blogs/devdiary/
To find the section quickly: CTRL + F and search for "static void main"

Jacobo Rodr=EDguez Villar

Proyectos en desarrollo:

http://www.typhoonlabs.com



tweety wrote:

> Sorry if this is OT, and if it is, please redirect (IIS joke :) ) to=20
> the appropiate list.
> =20
> I'm writing a managed dx9 app and, coming from the c++ world (and=20
> seeing the sdk samples), my main loop is:
> =20
> MainForm form=3Dnew MainForm();
> engine.Init(form);
> while(form.Created)
> {
>   engine.Update();
>   engine.Render();
>   Application.DoEvents();
> }
> engine.Dispose();
> =20
> But I read in some blog that DoEvents is bad because it allocates=20
> ~200bytes per call (kinda a lot), forcing the form class into gen1=20
> garbage collection.
> Now I'm asking you: what's the best way to do it?
> =20
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