/// <summary>
/// Creates a new instance of a Networkvisualizer which renders the specified network in real-time
/// </summary>
/// <param name='n'>
/// N.
/// </param>
/// <param name='layout'>
/// Layout.
/// </param>
public static void Start(Network network, ILayoutProvider layout, NetworkColorizer colorizer = null, int width=800, int height=600)
{
// The actual rendering needs to be done in a separate thread placed in the single thread appartment state
_mainThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(new Action(delegate() {
NetworkVisualizer p = new NetworkVisualizer(network, layout, colorizer, width, height);
p.Run(80f);
})));
_mainThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
_mainThread.Name = "STA Thread for NETGen Visualizer";
// Fire up the thread
_mainThread.Start();
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a new instance of a Networkvisualizer which renders the specified network in real-time
/// </summary>
/// <param name='n'>
/// N.
/// </param>
/// <param name='layout'>
/// Layout.
/// </param>
public static void Start(Network network, LayoutProvider layout, NetworkColorizer colorizer = null, int width = 800, int height = 600)
{
// The actual rendering needs to be done in a separate thread placed in the single thread appartment state
_mainThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(new Action(delegate() {
Instance = new NetworkVisualizer(network, layout, colorizer, width, height);
_initialized.Set();
Instance.Run(80f);
})));
_mainThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
_mainThread.Name = "STA Thread for NETGen Visualizer";
// Fire up the thread
_mainThread.Start();
_initialized.WaitOne();
}
/// <summary>
/// Private constructor, instances are created by the static function CreateDisplay()
/// </summary>
private NetworkDisplay(NetworkVisualizer visualizer, int fps, LayoutOptions options)
{
if(options !=null)
LayoutOptions = options;
else
LayoutOptions = new LayoutOptions();
NetworkVisualizer = visualizer;
NetworkDisplay.DisplayCounter++;
// start event queue in new main thread
_mainThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(new Action(delegate() {
InitializeComponent();
visualizer.SetGraphics(drawPanel.CreateGraphics(), drawPanel.DisplayRectangle);
this.Text = visualizer.Network.Name;
drawPanel.Paint += new PaintEventHandler(drawPanel_Paint);
drawPanel.MouseDown += new MouseEventHandler(drawPanel_MouseDown);
drawPanel.MouseUp += new MouseEventHandler(drawPanel_MouseUp);
drawPanel.MouseMove += new MouseEventHandler(drawPanel_MouseMove);
drawPanel.MouseClick += new MouseEventHandler(drawPanel_MouseClick);
this.MouseWheel += new MouseEventHandler(drawPanel_MouseWheel);
// Add the layout options to the menu
LayoutOptions.ItemAdded += new GUI.LayoutOptions.ItemAddedDelegate(LayoutOptions_ItemAdded);
foreach (string name in LayoutOptions.LayoutNames)
{
ToolStripItem i = layoutToolStripMenuItem.DropDownItems.Add(name);
i.Click += new EventHandler(i_Click);
}
System.Threading.Timer t = new System.Threading.Timer(timerCallbackFunction, null, 50, 1000 / fps);
Application.Run(this);
})));
// Set the main thread to Single Thread Apartment
_mainThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
_mainThread.Name = "STA Thread for NETGen Display";
// Startup the thread ...
_mainThread.Start();
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a new Network Display frontend and starts rendering using the specified network visualizer
/// </summary>
/// <returns>
/// The network display instance
/// </returns>
/// <param name='visualizer'>
/// The network visualizer that takes care of layouting and rendering the network
/// </param>
/// <param name='fps'>
/// The number of frames per seconds that will be rendered, default is 25
/// </param>
/// <param name='options'>
/// The layouting options that shall be available from the menu
/// </param>
public static NetworkDisplay CreateDisplay(NetworkVisualizer visualizer, int fps = 25, LayoutOptions options = null)
{
return new NetworkDisplay(visualizer, fps, options);
}