MFC newbie --- simple problem

hi !

I just started doing some MFC programming and have been using the MFC appwizard for starters and this is my first MDI app

I am trying to redraw the entire screen ...... is there a function which can clear out the entire view ... that means wipe everything that is shown on the screen ....

Do you know much of the Win32 API? If you're learning MFC, from what I've heard, knowing some of the API will help you when you need to do something that the API can do, but MFC can't. Although I dont personally know any MFC, I know the Win32 API, and I'd redraw the screen using something like UpdateWindow or InvalidateRect

If you want to redraw the entire screen, I'd probably Invalidate the entire window rect which will cause the whole area to be redrawn. Like this:

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InvalidateRect(hWnd, NULL, TRUE);
UpdateWindow(hWnd);

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If theres an easier way to do it in MFC, I'll let someone else post that ;)

well I am aware of the InvalidateRect function ... the problem is it calls the OnDraw() function which I don't want since this call will be made from a switch statment in OnDraw .... so it will jump into an infinite loop ..... I just need a function which can wipe put what i drew on the screen previously ...... any clues

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I just started doing some MFC programming and have been using the MFC appwizard for starters and this is my first MDI app

I am trying to redraw the entire screen ...... is there a function which can clear out the entire view ... that means wipe everything that is shown on the screen ....

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The call to Invalidate doesn't quite call OnDraw. The invalidate messages are put onto a queue for latter processing and your OnDraw will return before they are processed.


To update the screen, however, you want to use the methods defined in the CDC* pDC passed into the OnDraw method. Something like

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COLORREF color = RGB(100, 100, 100);
CBrush brush(color);
CRect clientRect;

GetClientRect(&clientRect);
pDC->FillRect(&clientRect, &brush);

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ought to work.