PAINTSTRUCT

This structure contains information that an application uses to paint the client area of a window owned by that application.

typedef struct tagPAINTSTRUCT { 
HDC hdc; 
BOOL fErase; 
RECT rcPaint; 
BOOL fRestore; 
BOOL fIncUpdate; 
BYTE rgbReserved[32]; 
} PAINTSTRUCT;

Members

• hdc
  Handle to the display DC to be used for painting.
• fErase
  Boolean that specifies whether the background must be erased. This value is nonzero if the application should erase the background. The application is responsible for erasing the background if a window class is created without a background brush. For more information about backgrounds, see the description of the hbrBackground member of the WNDCLASS structure.
• rcPaint
  Specifies a RECT structure that specifies the upper left and lower right corners of the rectangle in which the painting is requested.
• fRestore
  Reserved; used internally by the system.
• fIncUpdate
  Reserved; used internally by the system.
• rgbReserved
  Reserved; used internally by the system.

Requirements

Note   This API is part of the complete Windows CE OS package as provided by Microsoft. The functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and some devices may not support this API.

See Also

BeginPaint, RECT, WNDCLASS

 Last updated on Tuesday, July 13, 2004

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