+    //
+    // Set the wxWindows color table
+    //
+    if (!::GpiCreateLogColorTable( m_hPS
+                                  ,0L
+                                  ,LCOLF_CONSECRGB
+                                  ,0L
+                                  ,(LONG)wxTheColourDatabase->m_nSize
+                                  ,(PLONG)wxTheColourDatabase->m_palTable
+                                 ))
+    {
+        vError = ::WinGetLastError(vHabmain);
+        sError = wxPMErrorToStr(vError);
+        wxLogError("Unable to set current color table. Error: %s\n", sError);
+    }
+    ::GpiCreateLogColorTable( m_hPS
+                             ,0L
+                             ,LCOLF_RGB
+                             ,0L
+                             ,0L
+                             ,NULL
+                            );
+    ::WinQueryWindowRect( GetWinHwnd(m_pCanvas)
+                         ,&m_vRclPaint
+                        );
+    InitDC();
+} // end of wxWindowDC::wxWindowDC
+
+void wxWindowDC::InitDC()
+{
+    //
+    // The background mode is only used for text background and is set in
+    // DrawText() to OPAQUE as required, otherwise always TRANSPARENT,
+    //
+    ::GpiSetBackMix(GetHPS(), BM_LEAVEALONE);
+
+    //
+    // Default bg colour is pne of the window
+    //
+    SetBackground(wxBrush(m_pCanvas->GetBackgroundColour(), wxSOLID));
+} // end of wxWindowDC::InitDC