Re: Drawing a rectangle via mouse drag?

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=?Utf-8?B?Q2hhcmxlcyBUYW0=?= <CharlesTam@discussions.microsoft.com>

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Date:

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:16:00 -0700

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Hi Scott,

I've modified your code in OnMouseMove to support SDI applications. It
seems to be working fine. Please reply otherwise.

void CXxxDlg::OnMouseMove(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
{
if (GetCapture() == this)
{
m_ptEnd = point;
Invalidate();
}

CRect r(m_ptStart, m_ptEnd);
CPaintDC dc(this);
dc.GetSafeHdc();
dc.Rectangle(&r);
}

"Scott McPhillips [MVP]" wrote:

"Charles Tam" <CharlesTam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8CA07CA7-F2AE-432F-9D81-15C5FC42C04E@microsoft.com...

In MFC 6, how do I draw a rectangle via a mouse drag?
Is there any example code I could look at?

Here's a minimal example:

void CSDIView::OnLButtonDown(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
{
m_ptStart = point;
m_ptEnd = point;
SetCapture();
}

void CSDIView::OnMouseMove(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
{
if (GetCapture() == this)
{ m_ptEnd = point;
    Invalidate();
}
}

void CSDIView::OnLButtonUp(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
{
if (GetCapture() == this)
{ ReleaseCapture();
    m_ptEnd = point;
    Invalidate();
}
}

void CSDIView::OnDraw(CDC* pDC)
{
CRect r(m_ptStart, m_ptEnd);
pDC->Rectangle(&r);
}

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