PAINTSTRUCT

The PAINTSTRUCT structure contains information for an application. This information can be used to paint the client area of a window owned by that application.

typedef struct tagPAINTSTRUCT { // ps 
    HDC  hdc; 
    BOOL fErase; 
    RECT rcPaint; 
    BOOL fRestore; 
    BOOL fIncUpdate; 
    BYTE rgbReserved[32]; 
} PAINTSTRUCT; 
 

Members

hdc

Handle to the display DC to be used for painting.

fErase

Specifies whether the background must be erased. This value is nonzero if the application should erase the background. The application is responsible for erasing the background if a window class is created without a background brush. For more information, see the description of the hbrBackground member of the WNDCLASS structure.

rcPaint

Specifies a RECT structure that specifies the upper left and lower right corners of the rectangle in which the painting is requested.

fRestore

Reserved; used internally by the system.

fIncUpdate

Reserved; used internally by the system.

rgbReserved

Reserved; used internally by the system.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Windows CE: Requires version 1.0 or later.
  Header: Declared in winuser.h.

See Also

Painting and Drawing Overview, Painting and Drawing Structures, BeginPaint, RECT, WNDCLASS