Jalaj P. Jha Technical & Miscellaneous Ramblings

Creating Solid and Hatch Brushes

The default brush associated with a device context is a hollow brush thus the Rectangle, Ellipse and similar function all tends to draw outlines only and doesn't fill the shape. The current brush setting can be received in a LOGBRUSH structure (discussed in WinAPI: Using Brushes) using the GetCurrentObject and GetObject functions, already discussed in Modifying Existing Pen in DC