Presentation Spaces Review

The following table summarizes the features and restrictions of each type of presentation space.

Presentation Space Features and Restrictions

┌────────────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬──────────────┐
│Feature/Restriction │Normal       │Standard     │Cached Micro  │
│                    │             │Micro        │              │
├────────────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────┤
│Device types        │Any device   │Any device   │Video-display │
│supported           │             │             │window only   │
├────────────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────┤
│Number of supported │Multiple     │One          │One           │
│devices             │             │             │              │
├────────────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────┤
│Association         │Associate and│Associate at │N/A.          │
│                    │disassociate │creation;    │              │
│                    │as required. │cannot       │              │
│                    │             │disassociate.│              │
├────────────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────┤
│Retained graphics   │Yes          │No           │No            │
├────────────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────┤
│Available GPI       │All functions│All except   │All except    │
│functions           │             │segment      │segment       │
│                    │             │functions    │functions     │
├────────────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────┤
│Memory              │Highest      │Medium memory│Quickest      │
│considerations      │memory usage │usage        │allocation    │
└────────────────────┴─────────────┴─────────────┴──────────────┘


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