Plugins and MVP / PCH - are there extra requirements?

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the value of one of the items in the hashtable changes

Code:

[SIZE=2]args1[[/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000]"@PlayPos"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]] = ...[/SIZE]

but the hashtable always contains the same item names

That should be enough to cause it to set the forceRefresh.

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That should be enough to cause it to set the forceRefresh.

When I run the code with incremental updates turned off, I can see "@PlayPos" screen output changing when asked (every second), but with incremental updates on, it only changes when I move the location (every 10 seconds) although the MVP-pvrx2.log shows rendering activity every second but always finds X=0,Y=0,Width=0,Height=0 except when I do a move.

Is there anything else I should be looking at?

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Its a bit hard to picture exactly what is happening, but reproduce the problem and post the MVP-pvrx2.exe.log and I'll take a look.

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Its a bit hard to picture exactly what is happening, but reproduce the problem and post the MVP-pvrx2.exe.log and I'll take a look.

I activate my code here

Code:

2009-03-18 01:05:09.007 VERBOSE [6] User pressed: 13

The next bit around here

Code:

2009-03-18 01:05:10.507 VERBOSE [6]  - adding render hash: static (Playing-Big-7):1,0,480,345:False

is a little hack I put in to get round a problem with 'Playing-Big-7' not being cleared on the first re-render.

Then I waited for two location changes (20 secs) before pressing the turbo key which starts changing the
[SIZE=2]"@PlayPos" [/SIZE]item every second

Code:

2009-03-18 01:05:32.851 VERBOSE [6] No key mapping found for: ^B

and waited for another two location changes.

I can't help thinking that the need for the 'little hack' is significant...

I hope that all makes sense...

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Its a bit hard to tell from the logs. In the debugger, or with additional logging, can you check that after you calling SetArgs() that the next call to the UiStatic.GetRenderList() returns a renderer list that has the forceRender set on the element in the list?

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Unfortunately, I can't use the debugger because none of my servers have a suitable video card to support pvrx2 so I'll take the logging route...

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Its a bit hard to tell from the logs. In the debugger, or with additional logging, can you check that after you calling SetArgs() that the next call to the UiStatic.GetRenderList() returns a renderer list that has the forceRender set on the element in the list?

When I run the code through the debugger on the laptop, and stop just after

Code:

[SIZE=2]uiElement1.SetArgs(args1);[/SIZE]
...
[SIZE=2]GRLitems.AddRange(uiElement0.GetRenderList());[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]GRLitems.AddRange(uiElement1.GetRenderList());[/SIZE]

I can see forceRefresh is 'false' for both uiElements.

I'd like to be able to extract the value of forceRefresh from GRLitems[1] (uiElement1) to a string so I can log it in order to test it on the MVP, but I can't figure out the syntax...

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Are you positive a value changed in the args that were set?

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I'm as positive as I can be - the debugger shows at least one arg (the current playback position string) changing every time it pauses at my flagged statement.

Code:

[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]public[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.Collections.[/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008080][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008080]ArrayList[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] GetRenderList()[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]{[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=2]GRLitems.Clear();[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]...[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=2]uiElement1.Dispose();[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]uiElement1 = [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]new[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008080][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008080]UiStatic[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2](skinHelper, lastPanel, args1);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]uiElement1.SetArgs(args1);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=2]uiElement1.setLocation(BoxXY());[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]...[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=2]GRLitems.AddRange(uiElement1.GetRenderList());[/SIZE]
... stop here...
}
[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]

But that's on the laptop, which is why I'd like to extract the forceRender setting to a string so I can log it from the MVP (any suggestions welcome)

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I was a bit busy today, but if you bump the thread in about a day, I'll post a modified PvrUiPublic.dll which logs some extra info.