PAINTSTRUCT

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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

OS Versions: Windows CE 1.0 and later.
Header: Winuser.h.

See Also

BeginPaint | RECT | WNDCLASS

Last updated on Wednesday, April 13, 2005

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