Status of d3d in a child window?

[Mark Hatsell]

Hello All

I was just wondering what the status was of D3D in a child window. Looking 
back at the release info it seems that the OpenGL in a child window has been 
sorted and that D3D has been converted to use WGL. Is this not enough to get 
D3D in a child window going?

I have tried the mfctex sample but it draws the D3D child window in slightly 
the wrong place and doesn't render anything at all. I have also tried a 
couple of other apps which also exhibit similar behaviour.

Just wondered what else needed fixing before this would work?

Thanks
Mark

[Stefan Dösinger]

Am Mittwoch, 16. Januar 2008 00:29:02 schrieb Mark Hatsell:
> Hello All
>
> I was just wondering what the status was of D3D in a child window. Looking
> back at the release info it seems that the OpenGL in a child window has
> been sorted and that D3D has been converted to use WGL. Is this not enough
> to get D3D in a child window going?

Yes
> I have tried the mfctex sample but it draws the D3D child window in
> slightly the wrong place and doesn't render anything at all. I have also
> tried a couple of other apps which also exhibit similar behaviour.
>
> Just wondered what else needed fixing before this would work?

Which video card and driver do you have? The child window code has quite a few 
requirements, and it uses some AIGLX and Compositing features.

[Roderick Colenbrander]

> Am Mittwoch, 16. Januar 2008 00:29:02 schrieb Mark Hatsell:
> > Hello All
> >
> > I was just wondering what the status was of D3D in a child window.
>
> Looking
> > back at the release info it seems that the OpenGL in a child window has
> > been sorted and that D3D has been converted to use WGL. Is this not
>
> enough
> > to get D3D in a child window going?
>
> Yes
> > I have tried the mfctex sample but it draws the D3D child window in
> > slightly the wrong place and doesn't render anything at all. I have also
> > tried a couple of other apps which also exhibit similar behaviour.
> >
> > Just wondered what else needed fixing before this would work?
>
> Which video card and driver do you have? The child window code has quite a
> few 
> requirements, and it uses some AIGLX and Compositing features.

Second not all 'child window rendering issues' are over. OpenGL/Direct3D apps that have a file menu and for the rest a 3D view, still don't work. I hope to fix those cases in the near future but the patch will affect ALL graphical programs on Wine, so that's why it requires a lot of testing (the patch is close but not yet done).

Roderick

[Mark Hatsell]

Thanks Stefan. I thought it should be possible.

I upgraded my NVidia driver and things are a lot better now. Incidentally, 
is there a known minimum graphics hardware and driver level to get this 
child window stuff working?

mfctex.exe now works OK, although the D3D child window still seems to be in 
slightly the wrong place (see http://www.hatsell.com/mfctex_screenshot.png). 
I also tried an MDI app that has a separate MDI child for each D3D window. 
This worked perfectly for the first child window but crashed out when 
opening a second child. Is this expected behavior at the moment?

Thanks
Mark

"Stefan Dösinger"  wrote in message 
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> Am Mittwoch, 16. Januar 2008 00:29:02 schrieb Mark Hatsell:
> > Hello All
> >
> > I was just wondering what the status was of D3D in a child window. 
> > Looking
> > back at the release info it seems that the OpenGL in a child window has
> > been sorted and that D3D has been converted to use WGL. Is this not 
> > enough
> > to get D3D in a child window going?
>
> Yes
> > I have tried the mfctex sample but it draws the D3D child window in
> > slightly the wrong place and doesn't render anything at all. I have also
> > tried a couple of other apps which also exhibit similar behaviour.
> >
> > Just wondered what else needed fixing before this would work?
>
> Which video card and driver do you have? The child window code has quite a 
> few
> requirements, and it uses some AIGLX and Compositing features.