Control.OnPaintBackground Method (System.Windows.Forms)

.NET Framework Class Library

Control..::.OnPaintBackground Method

Paints the background of the control.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

Protected Overridable Sub OnPaintBackground ( _
	pevent As PaintEventArgs _
)

protected virtual void OnPaintBackground(
	PaintEventArgs pevent
)

protected:
virtual void OnPaintBackground(
	PaintEventArgs^ pevent
)

abstract OnPaintBackground : 
        pevent:PaintEventArgs -> unit 
override OnPaintBackground : 
        pevent:PaintEventArgs -> unit

Parameters

pevent: Type: System.Windows.Forms..::.PaintEventArgs
A PaintEventArgs that contains information about the control to paint.

Remarks

The OnPaintBackground method enables derived classes to handle Windows background erase requests.

Notes to Inheritors

Inheriting classes should override this method to handle the erase background request from windows. When overriding OnPaintBackground in a derived class it is not necessary to call the base class's OnPaintBackground.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

Control Class

System.Windows.Forms Namespace

InvokePaintBackground

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