[vtkusers] Show a text for a limited period of time

[Fernando Nellmeldin]

Hello,
does anyone know if this is possible with VTK?

Thank you.
Fernando.

2016-03-01 10:08 GMT+01:00 Fernando Nellmeldin <
f.nellmeldin at open-engineering.com>:

> Hello all.
>
> I would like to show a text in screen and this text should disappear after
> a few seconds (3~4). For example, the text should say: "Screenshot saved"
> and then disappear. For me, doesn't matter if the vtkTextActor gets deleted
> or its visibility gets turned off.
>
> How can this be achieved with VTK? Please note that my VTK window is
> embedded in a Qt application window.
>
> I've done this before with pure OpenGL, but in that case I had access to
> the "while (true)" loop of the application and I could ask each frame how
> many seconds have passed. I am completely lost on this subject when using
> VTK.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Fernando.
>
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