CWnd::OnEraseBkgnd

Article
12/01/2015

The framework calls this member function when the CWnd object background needs erasing (for example, when resized).

Syntax

      afx_msg BOOL OnEraseBkgnd(
   CDC* pDC 
);

Parameters

pDC
Specifies the device-context object.

Return Value

Nonzero if it erases the background; otherwise 0.

Remarks

It is called to prepare an invalidated region for painting.

The default implementation erases the background using the window class background brush specified by the hbrBackground member of the window class structure.

If the hbrBackground member is NULL, your overridden version of OnEraseBkgnd should erase the background color. Your version should also align the origin of the intended brush with the CWnd coordinates by first calling UnrealizeObject for the brush, and then selecting the brush.

An overridden OnEraseBkgnd should return nonzero in response to WM_ERASEBKGND if it processes the message and erases the background; this indicates that no further erasing is required. If it returns 0, the window will remain marked as needing to be erased. (Typically, this means that the fErase member of the PAINTSTRUCT structure will be TRUE.)

Windows assumes the background is computed with the MM_TEXT mapping mode. If the device context is using any other mapping mode, the area erased may not be within the visible part of the client area.

Note

This member function is called by the framework to allow your application to handle a Windows message. The parameters passed to your function reflect the parameters received by the framework when the message was received. If you call the base-class implementation of this function, that implementation will use the parameters originally passed with the message and not the parameters you supply to the function.

Requirements

Header: afxwin.h