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.TH wxPaintDC 3wx 2005-02-15 "wxWidgets" "wxWidgets class documentation"
.SH NAME
wxPaintDC \- 
  A device context to access the client area inside 
  
   OnPaint
  
   events
 
.SH DESCRIPTION

  


   A wxPaintDC must be constructed if an application wishes to paint on the
   client area of a window from within an
   
    OnPaint
   
   event. This should normally be constructed as a temporary stack object; don't
   store a wxPaintDC object. If you have an OnPaint handler, you
   
    must
   
   create a wxPaintDC object within it even if you don't actually use it.
  
  


   Using wxPaintDC within OnPaint is important because it automatically sets the
   clipping area to the damaged area of the window. Attempts to draw outside
   this area do not appear.
  
  


   To draw on a window from outside
   
    OnPaint
   
   , construct a
   wxClientDC
   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  wxPaintDC (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.