Quote:Original post by Code Is Your Friend
I am not sure what I am doing wrong but it causes an exception.

HDC dc = NULL;
CDC* pdC = NULL;

dc = GetDC(hWnd);
pdC->Attach(dc); *Exception*

I know hWnd is good, I use it in the same class to load an image before entering here, and the value is the same.

thanks,
Matt

CDC dc = GetDC(hWnd);

Quote:Original post by Code Is Your Friend
Still having problems with this, I have tried everything I can think of to get the CDC* to take a dc.

Is there just no way to do this?
Matt

Quote:Original post by Code Is Your Friend
That works, but it creates a problem. It only works if the CDC isn't a pointer. And I need it to be a pointer for the next function called, so I either need to convert it to a CDC* somehow, or get the pointer to accept the dc.

CDC dc = GetDC(hWnd);SomeFuncThatTakesPointerToCDC(&dc);

CDC* pDC = new CDC;pDC->Attach(GetDC(hWnd));SomeFuncThatTakesPointerToCDC(pDC);// When you're done with pDC:delete pDC;