How can I improve my animation performance

I am creating a new application which is going to run on a 24 inch screen. I have a window that is 1480x1200. This window has alot of controls and one large image. When I go to show this window I create the window off screen and then use an animation to slide the window into view from the right of the screen. The problem I am seeing is that the animation is not smooth and pauses in the middle of the animation. I am also changing the opacity of the window from 0 to 100. Is there any tips I can apply to improve the performance of this kind of animation. My system config is 3 gig system 2 megs of Ram and 512 video card.

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How can I improve my animation performance

  • Richard Carmel

    Windows that supports transparency use layered windows and as such will be rendered in software in xp, only running in hardware on vista. That may explain your performance problem.

  • Dvlnblk

    Jllo,

    I was just about to try something similar today. Would you mind posting the slide in and opacity bit of your code. Saves me re-inventing the wheel.

    rune


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