Has anyone else noticed a massive performance hit after maximising a transparent window. This seems to continue even after the window is restored to normal.
The same app using a non-transparent window has no problems.
I am using the June CTP.
Using window transparency (AllowsTransparency = true) forces WPF to render and/or compose its content differently. See here: http://blogs.msdn.com/seema/archive/2006/10/25/layered-windows-sw-is-sometimes-faster-than-hw.aspx
When you say the window is restored to normal, do you mean normal transparency, or normal (non-maximized) size? Also, what OS are you using?
Thanks,
David
Thanks for the response David.
It's been a while since I posted so I'll have to go back and check this again but what I meant was that the slow-down remained even once the window was reduced back to non-maximised size. I am using Windows XP with service pack 2.
