Thread: extremely simple help

this is a really simple question that i do not know the answer to, as i have barely started win apps, and as my name suggests i can only about get DOS programming right. I am having problems with this line of code:

Code:

case WM_PAINT: 
			hDC = BeginPaint(hwnd,&paintStruct);

this may sound stupid, but can anyone tell me what im doing wrong?^_^ please?

so no one can help...

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A couple of notes on your first question. You should explain what you mean by "having problems". Is it a compile error? Does it compile but give an unexpected result when you run it? Give as much detail about the problem you are having as possible.

Also, please don't bump threads after 9 minutes with comments like that. This is not a chatroom. People often don't get responses for hours or sometimes even a day or two here, depsite this being a popular forum. Be patient, if somebody has an answer for you, they will respond.

Finally, this looks to be windows specific. There is a separate forum here for Windows specific issues. Future questions like this would be better posted there.

it tells me that `paintStruct' undeclared (first use this function)
would anyother code affect that?
Does

Code:

case WM_CREATE:
            return 0;
            break;
            
            case WM_CLOSE:
                 return 0;
                 break;
                 
               case WM_PAINT: 
			hDC = BeginPaint(hwnd,&paintStruct);

have anything to do with it?

This is actually a windows programming question.

Anyhoo, you haven't declared with paintStruct is. The compiler doesn't know by default, it could be anything from a handle to a string name, in spite of obvious desired definition.

PAINTSTRUCT paintStruct; // is what you are missing...

Most seem to prefer;

PAINTSTRUCT ps;