Drawing on transparent window

From:
ShurikAg@gmail.com
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
15 Sep 2006 09:36:40 -0700
Message-ID:
<1158338200.396431.58840@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>
Hi,

I have this kind of class:

// SplashWnd.cpp : implementation of the CSplashWnd class

//

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////=
=AD//

#include "stdafx.h"

#include "CapturePrevWnd.h"

#include "Resource.h"

#ifdef _DEBUG

#define new DEBUG_NEW

#undef THIS_FILE

static char THIS_FILE[] = __FILE__;

#endif

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////=
=AD//

// CSplashWnd class

CCapturePrevWnd* CCapturePrevWnd::m_pSplashWnd = NULL;

CCapturePrevWnd::CCapturePrevWnd()

{

start.SetPoint(0,0);

end.SetPoint(0,0);

}

CCapturePrevWnd::~CCapturePrevWnd()

{

// Clear the static window pointer.

ASSERT(m_pSplashWnd == this);

m_pSplashWnd = NULL;

}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CCapturePrevWnd, CWnd)

//{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CSplashWnd)

ON_WM_CREATE()

ON_WM_PAINT()

ON_WM_LBUTTONDOWN()

ON_WM_LBUTTONUP()

ON_WM_MOUSEMOVE()

//}}AFX_MSG_MAP

END_MESSAGE_MAP()

void CCapturePrevWnd::ShowCaptureScreen(CWnd* pParentWnd /*= NULL*/)

{

if (m_pSplashWnd != NULL)

return;

// Allocate a new splash screen, and create the window.

m_pSplashWnd = new CCapturePrevWnd;

if (!m_pSplashWnd->Create(pParentWnd))

delete m_pSplashWnd;

else m_pSplashWnd->UpdateWindow();

}

BOOL CCapturePrevWnd::Create(CWnd* pParentWnd /*= NULL*/)

{

return CreateEx(0,

AfxRegisterWndClass(CS_HREDRAW|CS_VREDRAW |CS_DBLCLKS,
AfxGetApp()->LoadStandardCursor(IDC_CROSS)),

NULL, WS_POPUP | WS_VISIBLE | WS_EX_TRANSPARENT | WS_BORDER |
WS_MAXIMIZE,
0, 0, 0, 0,

pParentWnd->GetSafeHwnd(), NULL);

}

void CCapturePrevWnd::HideCaptureScreen()

{

// Destroy the window, and update the mainframe.

DestroyWindow();

AfxGetMainWnd()->UpdateWindow();

}

void CCapturePrevWnd::PostNcDestroy()

{

// Free the C++ class.

delete this;

}

int CCapturePrevWnd::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)

{

if (CWnd::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)

return -1;

// Center the window.

//CenterWindow();

return 0;

}

void CCapturePrevWnd::OnPaint()

{

CRect selRect = GetSelRect();

if(!selRect.IsRectEmpty())

{

CClientDC dc(this);

//dc.SetROP2(R2_NOTXORPEN);

dc.DrawFocusRect(&selRect);

}
}

void CCapturePrevWnd::OnLButtonDown(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)

{

start = end = point;

Invalidate();

UpdateWindow();

}

void CCapturePrevWnd::OnMouseMove(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)

{

switch(nFlags)

{

case MK_LBUTTON:

end = point;

Invalidate();

UpdateWindow();

break;

}
}

void CCapturePrevWnd::OnLButtonUp(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)

{

end = point;

CRect rect = GetSelRect();

if(!rect.IsRectEmpty())

{

CBitmap bitmap;

CClientDC dc(NULL);

CDC memDC;

CBitmap* pOldBitmap;

memDC.CreateCompatibleDC(&dc);

bitmap.CreateCompatibleBitmap(&dc, rect.Width(),rect.Height() );

pOldBitmap = memDC.SelectObject(&bitmap);

memDC.BitBlt(0, 0, rect.Width()-2,rect.Height()-2, &dc, rect.left+1,
rect.top+1, SRCCOPY);

OpenClipboard() ;

EmptyClipboard() ;

SetClipboardData (CF_BITMAP, bitmap.GetSafeHandle() ) ;

CloseClipboard () ;

memDC.SelectObject(pOldBitmap);

bitmap.Detach();

}

HideCaptureScreen();

}

CRect CCapturePrevWnd::GetSelRect()

{

return CRect(min(start.x,end.x), min(start.y,end.y),

max(start.x,end.x), max(start.y,end.y));

}

this class is suppose to give an ability to draw rectangle on the
desktop
(on top of everything).

All works well except: when I'm drawing the rectangle with mouse the
transparent window doesn't remove the old, already drawn, rectangles in

order
to draw a new one with right dimensions.

All rectangles from every redraw are staing on the window.

How do I solve this problem?

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