RE: [Dev-C++] why doesn't this work?

[Josu O. <jon...@ao...>]

It's not a good idea to draw on a window when it's created. Do it when it
receives the message WM_PAINT. Or even better have a look to this wonderful
book:

http://www.charlespetzold.com/oop/pw4.html


> -----Mensaje original-----
> De:	Vlada Djurovic [SMTP:dj...@im...]
> Enviado el:	jueves 20 de febrero de 2003 10:15
> Para:	'DevC++ help'
> Asunto:	[Dev-C++] why doesn't this work?
> 
> Hi.
> This is suppposed to be simple, but I can't get it to work. All I want to
> do
> is display some text using TextOut function, but I get only a blank
> window.
> Here's the code:
> 
>  HDC hDC;
>         case WM_CREATE:
>         {
>             char str[]="Display text";
>             hDC=GetDC(hwnd);
>             TextOut(hDC,100,100,str,lstrlen(str));
>             ReleaseDC(hwnd,hDC);
>         }
>         break;
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> ------------
> Vlada
> 
> 
> 
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