ABS newbie trying to get it to work
Posted Friday, 16 September, 2011 - 19:55 by Fidchells_eye inFidchells_eye here again
I am converting an old C++ to C#
But before i can continue to do that I need the test render function DrawX() to draw an X on screen
But my setup function is failing, due to GL being NULL.
The structure of the project is;
BaseScope is inherited into any ToolScope Class.
The BaseScope class is used in the ModularScopeDisplay class so I can switch the tools as needed
The main does have a GLControl called GLDisplay1.
public class ModularScopeDisplay
{
#region Data
ScopeBase sBase;
#endregion
public ModularScopeDisplay(OpenTK.GLControl GL_Display, ScopeBase.ScopeMode mode)
{
if (mode == ScopeBase.ScopeMode.WFM)
{
sBase = new Scope_WFM(ref GL_Display);
}
//gl = GL_Display;
}
}
public abstract class ScopeBase
{
...
protected OpenTK.Graphics.OpenGL.GL gl;
...
}
public class Scope_WFM:ScopeBase
{
.....
}
Comments
Re: ABS newbie trying to get it to work
In your first post you wrote that you were converting an existing code form c++ to c#, so I will assume that the values of the original code for the proyection and the camera get the result as you want. It seems that you want to draw a cross from one corner to the opposite of the viewport.
Besides that, the problem I see is that you are not specifying the colors for the background and the lines. Never tried but it might be that, by default, it uses white; so you are drawing two white lines in a white background.
For the background color use GL.ClearColor before calling GL.Clear, and for the lines use GL.Color before drawing the lines.
I will recommend to study the examples provided in the OpenTK examples for the proper way of using OpenGL with OpenTK and handling the events in a windows form with a GLControl. There are a some very basic examples that will help you.
Re: ABS newbie trying to get it to work
Sorry double post.
Re: ABS newbie trying to get it to work
No that did not work.
It's still white.
Does the GL control have or need a connection function to a class that is executing the GL commands?
Is there a makecontext function I need to call?
Re: ABS newbie trying to get it to work
Oh, I forgot one more thing that is needed at the end of the DrawX function to swap the buffers by means of openglControl.SwapBuffers().
I still recommend to start with one of the simplest OpenTK examples that make use of GLControl and modified it with your own code.
Re: ABS newbie trying to get it to work
That was the final piece and the test function works.
Thanks.