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1\section{\class{wxPaintEvent}}\label{wxpaintevent}
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3A paint event is sent when a window's contents needs to be repainted.
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5\wxheading{Derived from}
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7\helpref{wxEvent}{wxevent}\\
8\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
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10\wxheading{Include files}
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12<wx/event.h>
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14\wxheading{Event table macros}
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16To process a paint event, use this event handler macro to direct input to a member
17function that takes a wxPaintEvent argument.
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19\twocolwidtha{7cm}
20\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
21\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_PAINT(func)}}{Process a wxEVT\_PAINT event.}
22\end{twocollist}%
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24\wxheading{See also}
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26%\helpref{wxWindow::OnPaint}{wxwindowonpaint},
27\helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
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29\wxheading{Remarks}
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31Note that In a paint event handler, the application must {\it always} create a \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} object,
32even if you do not use it. Otherwise, under MS Windows, refreshing for this and other windows will go wrong.
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34For example:
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36\small{%
37\begin{verbatim}
5c180caf 38 void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent& event)
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39 {
40 wxPaintDC dc(this);
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42 DrawMyDocument(dc);
43 }
44\end{verbatim}
45}%
46
47You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles
48that have been damaged and only repainting these. The rectangles are in
49terms of the client area, and are unscrolled, so you will need to do
50some calculations using the current view position to obtain logical,
51scrolled units.
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53Here is an example of using the \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator} class:
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55{\small%
56\begin{verbatim}
57// Called when window needs to be repainted.
5c180caf 58void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent& event)
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59{
60 wxPaintDC dc(this);
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62 // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
63 int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
64 GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
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66 int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
67 wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
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69 while (upd)
70 {
71 vX = upd.GetX();
72 vY = upd.GetY();
73 vW = upd.GetW();
74 vH = upd.GetH();
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76 // Alternatively we can do this:
62b4ae08 77 // wxRect rect(upd.GetRect());
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79 // Repaint this rectangle
80 ...some code...
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82 upd ++ ;
83 }
84}
85\end{verbatim}
86}%
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89\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
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91\membersection{wxPaintEvent::wxPaintEvent}
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93\func{}{wxPaintEvent}{\param{int }{id = 0}}
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95Constructor.
96