Initial Window Graphics
I need some guidance on opening an Intuition Window with the graphics
already defined. What I'm doing is including a GIF viewer as part of a
larger program I'm writing. What I would like to see is the viewer do all
the decoding invisibly while it's loading the bitmap for the window. When
the decoding is done I want to open the custom screen then open the window
so that the GIF picture comes up all at once.
Alternately, I could open the screen and window *behind* the WorkBench
screen and bring it forward when the picture is done, but I still want to
do it very quickly. All the data jammed into the planes of a bitmap or
view before being sent to the window.
From reading the various books I have, I've been getting the impression
that I should use a View and Viewports along with a bitmap and RastPort
structure. But none of the books show any sample code using Views and I'm
not sure how a View relates to a Window anyway. My mind is possibly
clouded by the "Views" used by VAX Screen Management, which is the other
machine and windows system I program in.
Sample code and clear explanations greatly appreciated,
Michael McCormick