Um...hehehe, I ACTUALLY needed the Device Context.....sorted now, thanks
Jeremy
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> Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 14:03
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> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Control Has No Window...agh
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> Jeremy
>
> I suspect you need to derive from a slightly lower down the tree class so
> you have a canvas to draw on ..
>
> The help file for TWinControl says ...
>
> Newly created components are seldom derived directly from
> TWinControl. Base
> most new controls on TCustomControl, which provides a canvas and handles
> paint messages, or on any of several more specialized controls, such as
> TButtonControl, TCustomComboBox, TCustomEdit, or TCustomListBox.
>
> Hope it helps :-)
>
> Paul
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