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Which is more appropriate and why?
Posted on 2004-09-02
In my never ending quest to better understand this language, just a simple question on which of the two snippets of code is "more appropriate" and why..
The class is derived from CSliderCtrl, just a customized UI widget and we're talking about OnPaint()
void CProgressSlider::OnPaint()
{
PAINTSTRUCT lpPaint;
CDC* dc = BeginPaint(&lpPaint);
DrawProgress(dc); // custom draws UI element.
EndPaint(&lpPaint);
}
or
void CProgressSlider::OnPaint()
{
PAINTSTRUCT lpPaint;
BeginPaint(&lpPaint);
CWindowDC dc(this);
DrawProgress(&dc);
EndPaint(&lpPaint);
}
both work just fine, is there any reason one is "better" than the other?
The class is derived from CSliderCtrl, just a customized UI widget and we're talking about OnPaint()
void CProgressSlider::OnPaint()
{
PAINTSTRUCT lpPaint;
CDC* dc = BeginPaint(&lpPaint);
DrawProgress(dc); // custom draws UI element.
EndPaint(&lpPaint);
}
or
void CProgressSlider::OnPaint()
{
PAINTSTRUCT lpPaint;
BeginPaint(&lpPaint);
CWindowDC dc(this);
DrawProgress(&dc);
EndPaint(&lpPaint);
}
both work just fine, is there any reason one is "better" than the other?
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If you want to change version 1 you could use (since you don't use the information provided in the PAINTSTRUCT:
void CProgressSlider::OnPaint()
{
CPaintDC dc(this); // BeginPaint is called in constructor of dc
DrawProgress(&dc);
} // EndPaint is called in destructor of dc
void CProgressSlider::OnPaint()
{
CPaintDC dc(this); // BeginPaint is called in constructor of dc
DrawProgress(&dc);
} // EndPaint is called in destructor of dc
Otherwise I see no obvious difference. In the second example you you have one additional function call. Depending on the number of paint messages this could effect execution speed (but I doubt that you will recognize).
The only reason to use method 2 I could see is when you need to draw outside the client area. But since it will be clipped to the client area in OnPaint you won't see any effect. You need to override OnNcPaint to draw in the non client area.
I like your first comment, even less code.. I didn't realize BeginPaint and EndPaint were called by the constructor/destructor of dc.
thanks!
thanks!
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