.\" This is a wxWidgets manpage page generated from the XML docs .TH wxClientDC 3wx 2005-02-15 "wxWidgets" "wxWidgets class documentation" .SH NAME wxClientDC \- A device context to access the client area outside OnPaint events .SH DESCRIPTION A wxClientDC must be constructed if an application wishes to paint on the client area of a window from outside an OnPaint event. This should normally be constructed as a temporary stack object; don't store a wxClientDC object. To draw on a window from within OnPaint , construct a wxPaintDC object. To draw on the whole window including decorations, construct a wxWindowDC object (Windows only). .SH "PARENTS" wxWindowDC wxDC .SH "INCLUDE FILES" wx/dcclient.h .SH MEMBERS .SS wxClientDC (wxWindow* window) Constructor. Pass a pointer to the window on which you wish to paint. .SH "SEE ALSO" wxWindowDC wxDC wxDC wxMemoryDC wxPaintDC , wxWindowDC wxScreenDC .SH "AUTHORS" Documentation content by Julian Smart, Robert Roebling, Vadim Zeitlin, Robin Dunn, et al Conversion to manpage format by Arnout Engelen (http://bzzt.net), bugreports welcome.