Re: pfGUI widgets with Coryphaeus EasyScene

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Salvador Cabaruvias (sal++at++sgidev.mdc.com)
Fri, 6 Dec 1996 10:47:22 -0800

On Dec 5, 7:13pm, Jeffrey J. Eng wrote:
> Subject: pfGUI widgets with Coryphaeus EasyScene
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am trying to build an application using Performer 1.2,
> IRIX 5.3, and Coryphaeus EasyScene (ES)3.0. We are currently
> using a mixture of an ES script file, ES main's loop, and our
> own added modules (containing Performer code an other ES API
> code). My questions maybe more suited for a Coryphaeus
> newsgroup, but I figured I would try hear first.
>
> Here are the following questions:
>
> 1) I would like my application to contain some type of
> GUI similiar to the style presented in the perfly
> example.
>
> The examples provided with EasyScene seem to use
> an external Motif application that communicates via
> the ES API with the ES process running the simulation.
>
> Is there a reason why the Performer GUI (pfGUI) functions
> can't be used with the Coryphaeus EasyScene?
        No, you can use them but be carefull about mixing ESGUI/ES functions
        with pfGUI.
>
> 2) I was able to add a panel with various buttons and slider
> bars from the PfGUI into my ES application, but it appears
> that my mouse events for any of the GUI widgets do not
> seem to be processed. In fact, ES uses the mouse events to
> drive the direction of my simulation. I made the
> pfGUIViewpoint a small section of my screen for where the
> panel is located and I did a pfChanViewpoint for the rest
> of the screen dedicated for rendering my scene.
>
> Has anyone tried mixing the pfGUI with EasyScene and
> can they help steer me in the right direction. An example
> would be greatly appreciated.

If your intention is to control EasyScene with pfGUI, I would skip the script
file (or just use it to configure your hardware) with none of other features
scheduled. That way you don't the problem you just mentioned with the
widgets. I would use the escene API to build the escene with pfGUI.
>
> 3) Can the pfGUI buttons support a pixmap? I would like
> part of my panel to contains buttons with pixmaps that
> look like buttons on a VCR.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jeff Eng
>
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