Re: CDC does not Work Properly

From:
"David Ching" <dc@remove-this.dcsoft.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:54:07 -0800
Message-ID:
<Pr_nj.5220$so6.3877@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net>
"Matrixinline" <anup.kataria@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:bafbdaa4-d22a-44ee-b29b-5937952cc07d@q21g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...

In a Dialog based application I have OnPaint method like this

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
CDC *pDC = GetDC();
               CDC oTempDC;
                oTempDC.CreateCompatibleDC(m_pProcDC);

oTempDC.BitBlt (0, 0, screenMaxX, screenMaxY, m_pProcDC, 0, 0,
SRCCOPY );
// m_pProcDC is CDC and contains a Bitmap as selected object
oTempDC.DrawIcon(oRect.left, oRect.top, m_hIcon);
// Loaded ICON from resource m_hIcon
pDC->BitBlt(0, 0, screenMaxX, screenMaxY,&oTempDC, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);
ReleaseDC(pDC);
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

it diaplays Nothing!! id displays only the background color of dialog
nothing else.
If I replace the code

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
CDC *pDC = GetDC();
               // m_pProcDC is CDC and contains a Bitmap as selected
object
pDC->BitBlt(0, 0, screenMaxX, screenMaxY,m_pProcDC, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);
ReleaseDC(pDC);
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
it works!!

Can you please let me know why it is displaying anything?


First, in OnPaint(), you aren't supposed to use GetDC()/ReleaseDC(). You're
supposed to use CPaintDC instead (when you add the OnPaint() handler, the
handler should have this code in it already):

void CMyDlg::OnPaint()
{
  CPaintDC dc(this); // device context for painting
  ...
}

Make sure coordinates are correct for BitBlt(). Unfortunately, seeing
what's in the mem DC is hard... someone should make Intellisense for DC's!
;)

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