Menu Shadow over OpenGL window

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   I'm using menus created in the command bar designer with the xtpThemeOffice2003 selected.
The menus look great except over any OpenGL rendering window. These windows are updated (redrawn) at a specific frequency (60FPS) because they are showing animated objects.
The problem is the menus have a shadow and whatever part of the shadow is over the OpenGL window flickers constantly as long as the menu is open. 
Obviously the shadow is being drawn outside the rectangle that the menu window is reporting as its size which is why the shadow is being erased with every refresh but the menu window is not.
Is there a way to A) Remove the shadow from the menus?, or B) Fix the flickered drawing of the shadow?, or C) Include the shadow in the menu windows rect so it doesn't get erased? (I ask about option C only because I don't care if the shadow is re-blended with the updated OpenGL contents since the menu is a modal task)
Thanks!

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robosport Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 20 June 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 62	Post Options Post Reply Quote robosport Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Menu Shadow over OpenGL window Posted: 29 August 2005 at 6:19pm
	I'm using menus created in the command bar designer with the xtpThemeOffice2003 selected. The menus look great except over any OpenGL rendering window. These windows are updated (redrawn) at a specific frequency (60FPS) because they are showing animated objects. The problem is the menus have a shadow and whatever part of the shadow is over the OpenGL window flickers constantly as long as the menu is open. Obviously the shadow is being drawn outside the rectangle that the menu window is reporting as its size which is why the shadow is being erased with every refresh but the menu window is not. Is there a way to A) Remove the shadow from the menus?, or B) Fix the flickered drawing of the shadow?, or C) Include the shadow in the menu windows rect so it doesn't get erased? (I ask about option C only because I don't care if the shadow is re-blended with the updated OpenGL contents since the menu is a modal task) Thanks!

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 August 2005 at 3:59am
	Hello, For next release it will be fixed using option B :)
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

robosport Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 20 June 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 62	Post Options Post Reply Quote robosport Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 August 2005 at 9:58am
	Oleg, Thank you! I'm looking forward to it. Would that be 9.71? Is there an ETA on the next verion? Thanks again.

robosport Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 20 June 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 62	Post Options Post Reply Quote robosport Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 October 2005 at 7:03pm
	Hi Oleg, I just installed and recompiled with 9.80 but the menu shadow still constantly flickers over the updated OpenGL windows. No change at all. Did this not make it into 9.80 as announced or is there a misunderstanding of the flicker problem? In any event, can you suggest an easy way to disable the shadows on the menus until the flicker problem is properly fixed? Thanks, robo Edited by robosport

robosport Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 20 June 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 62	Post Options Post Reply Quote robosport Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 October 2005 at 9:59am
	I'm just bumping this topic back up to the top, hoping for a response after 11 days of waiting.

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 October 2005 at 11:35pm
	Hello, can you attach some easy OpenGL sample to check the problem? for 9.80: pCommandBars->GetPaintManager()->m_bShowShadow = FALSE;
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

robosport Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 20 June 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 62	Post Options Post Reply Quote robosport Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 October 2005 at 1:17am
	Oleg, Thanks for the easy solution to turning off the shadows. I'll work on creating a simple OpenGL app to make the problem easily reproducible. Thanks, RO