Device Contexts

Detailed Description

Device contexts are surfaces that may be drawn on, and provide an abstraction that allows parameterisation of your drawing code by passing different device contexts.

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Classes
struct	wxFontMetrics
	Simple collection of various font metrics. More...
class	wxDC
	A wxDC is a "device context" onto which graphics and text can be drawn. More...
class	wxBufferedDC
	This class provides a simple way to avoid flicker: when drawing on it, everything is in fact first drawn on an in-memory buffer (a wxBitmap) and then copied to the screen, using the associated wxDC, only once, when this object is destroyed. More...
class	wxAutoBufferedPaintDC
	This wxDC derivative can be used inside of an EVT_PAINT() event handler to achieve double-buffered drawing. More...
class	wxBufferedPaintDC
	This is a subclass of wxBufferedDC which can be used inside of an EVT_PAINT() event handler to achieve double-buffered drawing. More...
class	wxPaintDC
	A wxPaintDC must be constructed if an application wishes to paint on the client area of a window from within an EVT_PAINT() event handler. More...
class	wxClientDC
	A wxClientDC must be constructed if an application wishes to paint on the client area of a window from outside an EVT_PAINT() handler. More...
class	wxWindowDC
	A wxWindowDC must be constructed if an application wishes to paint on the whole area of a window (client and decorations). More...
class	wxGCDC
	wxGCDC is a device context that draws on a wxGraphicsContext. More...
class	wxMemoryDC
	A memory device context provides a means to draw graphics onto a bitmap. More...
class	wxMirrorDC
	wxMirrorDC is a simple wrapper class which is always associated with a real wxDC object and either forwards all of its operations to it without changes (no mirroring takes place) or exchanges x and y coordinates which makes it possible to reuse the same code to draw a figure and its mirror – i.e. More...
class	wxPostScriptDC
	This defines the wxWidgets Encapsulated PostScript device context, which can write PostScript files on any platform. More...
class	wxScreenDC
	A wxScreenDC can be used to paint on the screen. More...
class	wxSVGFileDC
	A wxSVGFileDC is a device context onto which graphics and text can be drawn, and the output produced as a vector file, in SVG format. More...
class	wxGraphicsContext
	A wxGraphicsContext instance is the object that is drawn upon. More...
class	wxMetafileDC
	This is a type of device context that allows a metafile object to be created (Windows only), and has most of the characteristics of a normal wxDC. More...