PAINTSTRUCT

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4/8/2010

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

Syntax

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

See Also

Reference

BeginPaint
RECT
WNDCLASS