RE: [Vess-users] VESS 4.0 - overlays?

[Rakolta, J. \(NM75\) <Joe...@ho...>]

Thanks guys,

I'm going to check out this library.

Joe Rakolta

-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Martin [mailto:ma...@is...]=20
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 3:21 PM
To: Jason Daly
Cc: Rakolta, Joe (NM75); ves...@li...
Subject: Re: [Vess-users] VESS 4.0 - overlays?



On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Jason Daly wrote:

> Rakolta, Joe (NM75) wrote:
>
>> Is there an easy way to create simple overlays using VESS, or using
OSG?
>>=20
>> I'm anxiously awaiting the next version of VESS - I think this
toolkit is=20
>> awesome.
>>=20
>
> You can create a second pane (on top of your main vsPane) and set its
clear=20
> mask to 0x0, so it is never cleared.  As long as you add the overlay
pane to=20
> the window _after_ the main pane, it should always be on top.  Then,
whatever=20
> you draw in the overlay pane will be visible on top of your main pane.
>
> You might also want to look at the menu library.  There may be some
helpful=20
> things in there (depending on what you're trying to do).

The menu library is very useful for things beyond menus (you could argue
that we should rename it!).

> VESS 4.1.0 is really close now  :-)

One last bug to work out, right, Jason? :-)

Glenn