Reiner, I can reproduce this problem and I will investigate. This problem seems to appear when the canvas includes two or more levels of pads. Thanks for reporting the problem. Rene Brun ROHLFS Reiner wrote: > > Hi ROOters, > > please have a look to these two ROOT macros: > > 1) MakePads.C: > { > gROOT->Reset(); > > // Create a new canvas. > c1 = new TCanvas("Display","Display",10,10,300,200); > > // make the first pad > pad1 = new TPad("Pad", "Pad", 0.1, 0.1, 0.5, 0.9); > pad1->SetFillColor(3); > pad1->Draw(); > pad1->cd(); > > // make the second pad > pad2 = new TPad("Pad", "Pad", 0.6, 0.4, 0.9, 0.7); > pad2->SetFillColor(4); > pad2->Draw(); > > c1->SaveAs("pads.root"); > } > > and ReadPads.C: > { > gROOT->Reset(); > > TCanvas * c2; > file = new TFile("pads.root", "READ", "no", 1); > c2 = (TCanvas*)file->Get("Display"); > c2->Draw(); > > file->Close(); > } > > That is the sequence I call these macros: > root [1] .x MakePads.C > ROOT file: pads.root has been created > root [2] delete c1 > root [3] .x ReadPads.C > > But now the pad2 is displayed beside the pad1 directly on the canvas c2. The > coordinates of pad2 (0.6, 0.4, 0.9, 0.7) are now relative to the canvas c2 and > not any more relative to the pad1 as defined in the MakePads.C macro. > Beside that the ExecuteEvent() - function of pad2 does not work any more after > reading the pads from the root file. ( The pad2 cannot be resized and removed > using the mouse and the menu of the right mouse button is lost.) > > Cheers Reiner.
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