/******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2000, 2007 IBM Corporation and others. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors: * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/ package org.eclipse.swt.snippets; /* * Canvas snippet: update a portion of a Canvas frequently * * For a list of all SWT example snippets see * http://www.eclipse.org/swt/snippets/ */ import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.*; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.*; public class Snippet275 { static String value; public static void main (String[] args) { final int INTERVAL = 888; final Display display = new Display (); final Image image = new Image (display, 750, 750); GC gc = new GC (image); gc.setBackground (display.getSystemColor (SWT.COLOR_RED)); gc.fillRectangle (image.getBounds ()); gc.dispose (); Shell shell = new Shell (display); shell.setBounds (10, 10, 790, 790); final Canvas canvas = new Canvas (shell, SWT.NONE); canvas.setBounds (10, 10, 750, 750); canvas.addListener (SWT.Paint, new Listener () { @Override public void handleEvent (Event event) { value = String.valueOf (System.currentTimeMillis ()); event.gc.drawImage (image, 0, 0); event.gc.drawString (value, 10, 10, true); } }); display.timerExec (INTERVAL, new Runnable () { @Override public void run () { if (canvas.isDisposed ()) return; // canvas.redraw (); // <-- bad, damages more than is needed GC gc = new GC (canvas); Point extent = gc.stringExtent (value + '0'); gc.dispose (); canvas.redraw (10, 10, extent.x, extent.y, false); display.timerExec (INTERVAL, this); } }); shell.open (); while (!shell.isDisposed ()){ if (!display.readAndDispatch ()) display.sleep (); } image.dispose (); display.dispose (); } }