Is VCL fast enough?

[bNasty]

I am writing an application with a specific user interface (someting like WinXP on Win98). Anyway, I had to develop a number of components for my own UI gadgets, but it seems to be rather slow. I optimized every line of code (even did some things in MMX) but I am not satisfied. I think that the VCL is my problem. Any comments on VCL speed?

 

[hnd]

I have developed some Software with VCL, but i never remarked timing problems.

But if you are programming realtime Applications, then the Windows OS ist not a proper system, because the "Interuppt response time" is not deterministic. In that case you should look for an other OS.
hnd
hasso55@yahoo.com

 

[bNasty]

No,no,far from real-time systems (Hello QNX I am writing some replacements for DBGrid with some cool rendering and animation. Well, I saw things like that in WinXP (like opening trees and stuff...). I tried everything to speed things up (I am good in WINAPI, but I used Canvas' methods) but can't compare to XP. MMX doesn't help (in precessing bitmaps). Should I bypass Canvas and work in pure GDI? Any benchmarks on that?

 

[hnd]

Perhaps Active X may help you.
hnd
hasso55@yahoo.com

 

[2ffat]

Canvas does take some hits on overhead. Use hnd's suggestion or try a replacement. You might have better luck creating a Delphi component to use in C++. James P. Cottingham

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