Re: Reloading a Bitmap

Steve:

SetBitmap works, as in:

    $frame->{bmp} = Wx::Bitmap->new("dwf.png", wxBITMAP_TYPE_PNG);
    $frame->{sbm}->SetBitmap($frame->{bmp});

Where $frame->{sbm} is a Static Bitmap.

When I create a new bitmap assigned to $frame->{sbm}, is the system
reclaiming the memory used by the old bitmap?

I saw in the wxWidgets docs that there is a Bitmap method newFromPNGData
that appears to not be wrapped. This would be useful if it would bypass the
need to write/read to/from disk everytime the PNG file changes.

Thanks again for your responses.

James


On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:21 AM, Steve Cookson - gmail <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi James,
>
> On 17/06/15 15:14, James Lynes wrote:
>
>> I will try the SetBitmap method. Take a look at the wxStaticBitmap demo
>> in the wxDemo package. It appears to be broken. It does a ->SetBitmap
>> followed by a ->Refresh. The bitmap is not clearing(for me at least).
>>
> No, it doesn't for me either.
>
> I'll look into it some more.
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve.
>