Problem with Rendering ~

[GoDarkCherries]

My program is rendering each frame probably onto the screen until after i minimise or overlap the window, a white blank screen appear.

NOTE: I am calling my "Render" function inside the "MessageLoop" using it's idle time. (is this correct)?

Thanks.

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

There is a good chance that the deice is getting lost when you minimize and will need to be re-created.

http://staff.develop.com/candera/weblog2/articleview.aspx/DirectX/Direct3D/13 Device Recovery.xml may be worth a look.

 

[GoDarkCherries]

Thanks, i will take a close look at the topic lost device, may be that is what i need.

 

[GoDarkCherries]

Thanks, but another question

Hey, i have tried it, it WORKS, thank you so much...
that's been brothering me for ages hahaha...

but i have got another question...

i think Checking for LOST DEVICE every time
inside the messageloop is a bit of a waste of clock cycle
is there anyway to overcome this?

 

[ThePentiumGuy]

http://www.xtremedotnettalk.com/showthread.php?t=86046

i posted some code there showing how you would check it, not every frame, but every 5 seconds

 

[Kavan]

I think there is nothing wrong with checking it each time.