Re: Layer Backed NSOpenGLView and shared contexts

2011/3/24 Justin Greenfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Hi,
>
> I've got a layer backed NSOpenGLView in an app and it's giving me fits
> in a couple of ways.  I want a layer backed OpenGL view so that I can
> host subviews and controls over my GL content.
>
> The first problem is that when the window switches displays, the
> context is switched out from underneath me, which obliterates the
> textures I was using.  It seems that using a shared context to store
> textures would solve this problem, but it's not clear to me how one
> might accomplish this with an NSOpenGLView.  NSOpenGLContext can take
> a another context when its initialized, but since I'm using
> NSOpenGLView I'm not explicitly creating a context.  So with that, I'm
> basically stuck....
>
> you can use either ctx = [OpenGLContext currentContext]; or  ctx = [view
openGLContext]; to get current context to share it

The other problem that I'm having with the layer backed OpenGL view is
> reading the buffer with glReadPixels.  The buffer read with
> glReadPixels is not valid, so I'm not sure how we can get access to
> our contents.  The documentation for CALayer renderInContext: has some
> cautionary warnings and OpenGLLAyers not working in 10.5 and my
> experiments with it didn't bear fruit so I don't know if I'm barking
> up the wrong tree or what.
>
> Exporting our GL content would be nice but is not absolutely
> necessary.  The first problem though, is serious enough to be a show
> stopper.
>
> Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
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Ariel

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