How to change the calculated values of coordinates smoothly over time?

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All,

I have drawn an image in the device context using python, and i want to
move it somothly/animate either vertically or horizontally? What is the best algorithm should i use?

Paul

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Paul Gathogo wrote:

I have drawn an image in the device context using python, and i want to move it somothly/animate either vertically or horizontally? What is the best algorithm should i use?

It depends a bit on how complicated your drawing is, but in essence, you want to use a wx.Timer, and draw the image at difference coordinates in the timer event handler. You may also want to double buffer:

http://wiki.wxpython.org/DoubleBufferedDrawing

-Chris

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