Restricting the 'paintable' areas of a control

2 Apr 2005 1:47 PM

Barguast

Is there any way to restrict the area in a control that can be painted? For
example, if I wanted to enforce a three-pixel wide border around my control,
how would I go about it?

Thanks

2 Apr 2005 6:06 PM

Bob Powell [MVP]

For borders you should consider responding to the non-client messages such
as WM_NCCREATE and WM_NCPAINT. These allow you to set a client size that is
different from the overall control size.

For other painting issues you can use clipping regions to limit the output
of graphics to certain areas.

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"Barguast" <ItsLikeMadeUpNSt***@Email.com> wrote in message
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> Is there any way to restrict the area in a control that can be painted?
> For
> example, if I wanted to enforce a three-pixel wide border around my
> control,
> how would I go about it?
>
> Thanks