BUG: Brush Misaligned in PaintRgn()

Last reviewed: January 5, 1995
Article ID: Q111589

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

In a mapping mode other than MM_TEXT with the background mode set to TRANSPARENT, when calling PaintRgn() to paint a nonrectangular region with a hatched brush, the brush is misaligned.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Windows version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

To work around this problem, call SetMapMode() to switch to the mapping mode MM_TEXT before calling PaintRgn().

Additional reference words: buglist3.10 3.10
KBCategory: kbprg kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: GdiDrw

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Last reviewed: January 5, 1995
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