[comp.windows.ms] WM_PAINT message to a child window

kipnis@janus.berkeley.edu (Gary Kipnis) (06/08/89)

Hi, I am working on a program that spawns a child window and prints some
text on it, for some reason this child window constantly get WM_PAINT message
even though it's not blocked by any other window.  

any suggestions would be greately appreciated...

gary  

bturner@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Bill Turner) (06/13/89)

/ hpcvlx:comp.windows.ms / kipnis@janus.berkeley.edu (Gary Kipnis) /  8:44 am  Jun  8, 1989 /
Hi, I am working on a program that spawns a child window and prints some
text on it, for some reason this child window constantly get WM_PAINT message
even though it's not blocked by any other window.  

any suggestions would be greately appreciated...

gary  
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The only thing I can think of is that the child window always receives
at least one WM_PAINT message (when it is first displayed), and if you
don't do at least BeginPaint/EndPaint for this message, then you will 
keep receiving it.  (BTW, this is what DefWindowProc does for WM_PAINT).

--Bill Turner (bturner@hp-pcd.hp.com)
HP Corvallis Information Systems