Thread: Owner drawn edit text; flickers.

I placed a TextOut() in WM_PAINT for an edit control. It draws the text, but the text flickers constantly, very quickly. Is there a window style or similar that I have to use?

Code:

case WM_PAINT:
	{
		HDC hdc=GetDC(hwnd);
		TextOut(hdc,0,0,"yo",2);
		ReleaseDC(hwnd,hdc);
	}
	return 0;

You may be updating the control too frequently. And besides why are you painting text to an Edit Control when you type in it. You should use SetWindowText() instead.

I need to draw things into the edit control that are not really text based, so I thought I'd make it completely owner drawn.

How can I stop it updating so much?

Problem fixed, I had to validate after drawing:

Code:

case WM_PAINT:
	{
		HDC hdc=GetDC(hwnd);
		TextOut(hdc,0,0,"text",3);
		ReleaseDC(hwnd,hdc);
		ValidateRect(hwnd,NULL);
	}
	return 0;

I've never really done painting so I didn't know it handled it. I'm using it now, works fine, thanks. But now I'm more concerned about my other problem, in the other thread I posted (PLUG PLUG PLUG).