Hi Robin,

On Wed 24 Nov, Robin Hampshire wrote:

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> My "bulkiest" application is my home control system which runs in S-Base
> 'cos that's what I know how to program. It has been working flawlessly for
> 12 months now but the main window has over 100 icons of valves, sensor
> readouts, etc.
>
> If a valve changes from open/closed either automatically or if I tell it
> to manually from the keyboard, the element changes its sprite to reflect
> this. Each of 26 valves and pumps have four sprites associated with it,
> using "card element select", for auto-on, auto-off, manual-on, manual-off
> so sometimes the redrawing takes a bit of time (SARPC OS4.37).
>
> Any technique to improve window redrawing is worth a go.

Is this window a card in S-Base jargon?
Are you updating the card as a whole, or do you do it for the element
only that has the change?

greetings,
Johan

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