Article ID: 12071
Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit 3.1
- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit 3.0
- Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface, when used with:
This article was previously published under Q12071
SUMMARY
The maximum size of a brush is determined by the OEM driver. In
theory, any brush size can be created. However, the brushes are
realized by the OEM driver. The only requirement the driver must
satisfy is that it must be able to handle 8 x 8 brushes.
If the driver realizes variable sizes, passing any bitmap is
acceptable. The driver decides what to do with brushes larger than 8 x 8.
Currently, sample drivers use the top left 8 x 8 piece of the pattern;
however, if the OEM wants to use the whole pattern, that also is
proper. The limit of the current device drivers is 8 x 8 because of a
performance trade-off.
The amount of pattern realized is a display driver-dependent issue.
Additional query words: 3.00 3.10 4.00 nowinnt win16sdk
Keywords: kbinfo KB12071