Control.OnPaintBackground(PaintEventArgs) Method

Definition

Paints the background of the control.

protected virtual void OnPaintBackground (System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs pevent);

Parameters

pevent
PaintEventArgs

A PaintEventArgs that contains information about the control to paint.

Remarks

The OnPaintBackground method enables derived classes to handle Windows background erase requests.

Notes to Inheritors

Inheriting classes should override this method to handle the erase background request from windows. When overriding OnPaintBackground(PaintEventArgs) in a derived class it is not necessary to call the base class's OnPaintBackground(PaintEventArgs).

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

See also