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You can create static control and handle WM_PAINT message. This message handler should implement painting of whatever you want.<br />
So when user press &quot;draw&quot; button you can just call Invalidate() &amp;&nbsp;UpdateWindow() with window handle of static control.<br />

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You can create static control and handle WM_PAINT message. This message handler should implement painting of whatever you want.
So when user press "draw" button you can just call Invalidate() & UpdateWindow() with window handle of static control.


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I have a dialog based application, I would like to draw something (say, a circle) in a given area on the dialog box(better) or on a new window as I click a &quot;Draw&quot; button on the dialog box. How to do it?
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I have a dialog based application, I would like to draw something (say, a circle) in a given area on the dialog box(better) or on a new window as I click a "Draw" button on the dialog box. How to do it?

Draw something

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