UserDraw does not draw?

[zing]

Ok, I'm trying to call my void COwnclassView::UserDraw() const method from my COwnclassUI.cpp via menu command with the following in the userdraw:

void CAnimAppView::UserDraw() const
{

CWindowGc& gc = SystemGc();
TRect rect = Rect();
    
ActivateGc();
Draw(rect);
	
gc.Clear(rect);
	
const CFont* fontUsed = iEikonEnv->NormalFont();
gc.SetPenColor(KRgbBlack);
gc.UseFont(fontUsed);
	
 _LIT(KWord, "Words");
	 gc.DrawText(KWords, TPoint(100,30));
	


DeactivateGc();
	
}

Nothing happens, what am I doing wrong?

EDIT:

It seems that when I call this userdraw from my animate method which is used with active object running, it draws the content when the active object gets stopped. I tried to stop it from the menu command, and that works, but calling userdraw after it just does nothing!?!? What should I call or set in order to make it draw?

[symbianyucca]

would it be easier to just call DrawNow() and let the application framework take care of activation/deactivation, which would leave you code just the drawing in normal Draw() function.

[Rafael T.]

Yeah, just use the normal way:

void CAnimAppView::Draw(const TRect& aRect) const
    {
    CWindowGc& gc = SystemGc();
    gc.SetPenStyle( CGraphicsContext::ENullPen );
    gc.SetBrushColor( KRgbWhite);
    gc.SetBrushStyle( CGraphicsContext::ESolidBrush );
    gc.DrawRect( aRect );    
    gc.Clear( Rect() );
    const CFont* font = iEikonEnv->NormalFont();
    gc.UseFont( font );
    gc.DrawText( _L("Test!"), TPoint( 100,30 ));
    }

void CAnimAppView::SizeChanged()
    {
    DrawNow();
    }