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Re: WM_NCPAINT - no region to be had

#16742
From: JD
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 21:36
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"Remy Lebeau \(TeamB\)" <gambit47@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Please elaborate. [...]

      DWORD dwCount = GetRegionData( hrgn, 0, NULL );

dwCount is always zero so the if( dwCount > 0 ) block is never
executed. BTW, I tried calling OldWindowProc before and after
checking for WM_NCPAINT and I tried not calling it at (in
conjunction with setting Message.Result = 0). All attempts had
the same result with dwCount being zero.

~ JD

void __fastcall TForm1::NewWindowProc( TMessage& Message )
{
    OldWindowProc( Message );
    if( Message.Msg == WM_NCPAINT )
      {
          char *Buffer = NULL;
          RGNDATA *pRgnData;
          HRGN hrgn = (HRGN) Message.WParam;
          DWORD dwCount = GetRegionData( hrgn, 0, NULL );

          if( dwCount > 0 )
            {
                Label1->Caption = "Made it to here";
                Buffer = new char[ dwCount ];
                pRgnData = reinterpret_cast<RGNDATA*>( Buffer );
                GetRegionData( hrgn, dwCount, pRgnData );
                RECT *R = reinterpret_cast<RECT*>(pRgnData + sizeof( RGNDATAHEADER ));
                for(unsigned int x = 0; x < pRgnData->rdh.nCount; x++, R++)
                  {
                      // fill the rect ( R ) for visual confirmation
                  }
            }
          if( Buffer ) delete Buffer;
      }
}
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