Problem drawing Rectangles and Text

Hi,

Im programming in C++ and looking to draw a rectangle with no color fill and text in the left top hand corner. So far my code looks like this:

Code:

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#include <windows.h>
#pragma once

void main(){
dc->FillRect(screen_area,&CBrush(HS_BDIAGONAL,RGB(0,255,0)));
dc->TextOut(screen_area.left+2,screen_area.top+5,"HD");
}

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however i get a bunch of errors most of which are undeclared identifiers. Help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

........You're not serious are you?

durr....

anyways

Code:

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#include <windows.h>
#pragma once

void main(){
dc->FillRect(screen_area,&CBrush(HS_BDIAGONAL,RGB(0,255,0)));
dc->TextOut(screen_area.left+2,screen_area.top+5,"HD");
}

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First off....you don't need a #pragma once directive in there...no purpose.

Second off, dc and screen_area are probably undeclared (I'm guessing that without even compiling the code)

So, my suggestion to you would be to define those variables: figure out how to define them and get them to work, I'm guessing you got this code from *somewhere*, and then come back once you've made an effort at that, k? :cool:

Code:

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#include <windows.h>
#pragma once

void main(){
dc->FillRect(screen_area,&CBrush(HS_BDIAGONAL,RGB(0,255,0)));
dc->TextOut(screen_area.left+2,screen_area.top+5,"HD");
}

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1. You don't need #pragma once
2. 'void' main is evil.
3. You're using at least 2 variables, neither of which you've declared.
3. You're trying to use MFC stuff in a console application.

Based on point #2 and #3, I very frankly don't think you know enough C++ to be messing with graphics and MFC just yet. Go through the tutorials on this site (or your book), and do some more basic stuff first; once you've learned enough of the language, you can then move on to learn more advanced API's.