Gdiplus question

This works great!

Code:

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case WM_PAINT:
        {
            PAINTSTRUCT ps;
            BeginPaint(hWndParent, &ps);
            Image img(L"png.png");
            Graphics graphics(ps.hdc);
            graphics.DrawImage(&img, 1, 1);
            EndPaint(hWndParent, &ps);
            return TRUE;
      }

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But...

Code:

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WM_CREATE:
{
HDC hdc = GetDC(hWndParent);
Image img(L"png.png");
Graphics graphics(hdc);
graphics.DrawImage(&img, 1, 1);
ReleaseDC(hWndParent, hdc);
}

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so.. hdc is different in each message... or am I using the wrong API?

Declare hdc AND ps in the beginning of your callback function.

Code:

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return TRUE;

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is supposed to be:

Code:

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return 0;

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Quote:

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so.. hdc is different in each message... or am I using the wrong API?

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HDC is the handle to the device context so that means that if you wish to call WM_CREATE you need to call it, if you wish to paint you need to call it; because your changing the device context for what your currently doing.

You need to declare all your variables in the beginning of CALLBACK procedure, if you ever need to keep them each time a message is processed than make them static.

Quote:

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because your changing the device context for what your currently doing.

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Got it ;)
Thanks :)