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# INFO: Tracking Brush Origins in a Win32-based Application

Article ID: 102353

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface, when used with:
  - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
  - Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
  - Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
  - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
  - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
  - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
  - Microsoft Windows 95

This article was previously published under Q102353
3.10 3.50 3.51 | 4.00 WINDOWS NT | WINDOWS kbgraphic

## SUMMARY

When writing to the Win32 API on Windows NT, it is no longer necessary to keep track of brush origins yourself. GDI32 keeps track of the brush origins by automatically recognizing when the origin has been changed. In Windows, you have to explicitly tell GDI to recognize the change by calling UnrealizeObject() with a handle to the brush. When a handle to a brush is passed to UnrealizeObject() in Windows NT, the function does nothing, therefore, it is still safe to call this API.
Win32s and Windows 95 require that you track the brush origins yourself, just as Windows 3.x does.
In Windows 3.1, the default brush origin is the screen origin. In Windows NT, the default origin is the client origin.

Additional query words: 3.10 4.00

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