TextOut()

For a windows program i'm making I need to get mutliple strings printed on the screen.

Just wondering is there was an easier way then double BeginPain()

Code:

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
PAINTSTRUCT paintStruct;							
char string[] = "Testing";
char string1[] = "Testing Two";
HDC hDC;
	
switch (message)
{
 case WM_CLOSE:
  PostQuitMessage(0);
  return 0;
  break;

 case WM_PAINT:					
  hDC = BeginPaint(hwnd, &paintStruct);
  SetTextColor(hDC, COLORREF(0x0000FF));	
  TextOut(hDC, 150, 150, string, sizeof(string)-1);	
  EndPaint(hwnd, &paintStruct);
  hDC = BeginPaint(hwnd, &paintStruct);
  SetTextColor(hDC, COLORREF(0xFF0000));
  TextOut(hDC, 150, 200, string1, sizeof(string)-1);
  EndPaint(hwnd, &paintStruct);
  return 0;
  break;

 default:
 break;
}

return (DefWindowProc(hwnd, message, wParam, lParam));
}

Why are you calling BeginPaint/EndPaint twice? It needs to be only called once at the start, and once at the end. You can have as much drawing code in the middle as necessary.

Code:

case WM_PAINT:					
  hDC = BeginPaint(hwnd, &paintStruct);
  SetTextColor(hDC, COLORREF(0x0000FF));	
  TextOut(hDC, 150, 150, string, sizeof(string)-1);	
  SetTextColor(hDC, COLORREF(0xFF0000));
  TextOut(hDC, 150, 200, string1, sizeof(string)-1);
  EndPaint(hwnd, &paintStruct);
  return 0;
  break;