EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND, wxEraseEvent::GetDC()->GetSize() and "no way to retrieve the size of generic DC" [wxMSW 2.7.0]

[Volker Bartheld]

Hi Vadim!

>VB> I use the EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND to draw a custom background (a tiled
>VB> wxBitmap, see below [1]) for my dialog. With wxMSW2.6.3, this worked
>VB> fine, now I get the "no way to retrieve the size of generic DC"
>VB> assertion in the DEBUG build.

> It's a bug in wx, thanks for reporting it. For now you should use
>wxWindow::GetClientAreaRect() instead of wxDC::GetSize() but I'll fix the
>latter in the cvs.

Oh! Cool. Thanks for the info and the workaround.

Cheers,
Volker
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