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Hello

I would like some advice on the following problem.

I need to draw may graphical objects, which use different 
pens, brushes, fonts and bitmaps(used for custom brush patterns).

The objects can be created dynamically, so I don't now at start how many
pen/brushes/*,  I will need.

Should I, Each time I need to draw, use the Paint DC or the dc from GetDC(hWnd)
and create the pen/brush/* selected it to the dc, draw, and then deselect it?

What are the penalties of using allways GetDC() (instead of the Paint DC)
even when processing PAINT events?

Would it be faster (since I need to draw many graphical objects) to draw
first on a bitmap and then BitBlt it to the window?

Should I have lists of pre-created pens/brushes/* and each time I need to
perform a graphic operation try to find on those lists the best matching
pen/brush/* instead of creating it?

	Thanks for any info.

Telmo Carmo - tac@inesc.pt

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