Drawing with GDI with VC++ -> suggest me a guide or tutorial

[pm44xl23]

Ok I cannot continue to bother you with my questions about how drawing into a picture box with OwnerDraw set if I really can't figure out what CDC is, what HDC stands for or why BitBlt wants a CDC pointer instead of a matrix of pixels.

So.. suggest me a good book or tutorial to learn how to draw things with CDC / HDC / BitBlt / StretchBlt things in MFC.

I am willing to learn, I'll study by myself and then try to write my own code. If and only if I am having more problems, I'll bother you again.


Thank you for your patience

[D_Drmmr]

I think the Scribble example deals with drawing using GDI, among other things.
For use of BitBlt search for an example on double buffering or "MemDC". That's a good way to learn how DC, data and what you see on the screen relate to each other.

[pm44xl23]

Something more theoric for the abc? The code isn't extensively commented as I expected

[D_Drmmr]

Something more theoric for the abc?

Tutorials generally aren't very theoretic. Get a book if you want a descent explanation.

[pm44xl23]

You are right. Any tome to suggest?

[D_Drmmr]

You are right. Any tome to suggest?

Sorry, I learned MFC in the time of Visual Studio 6. I don't know which recent books are good. Just going through some customer reviews online should give you a good idea though. And make sure the book deals with the same version of the compiler you are using.