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How can i draw in wxWidgets?

So im currently coding a snake game , and i need to draw the first pixel that indicates the head of the snake (positioned in the middle of the software). But i can't seem to find any function that does drawing on the screen . I've tried using DrawRectang and DrawPixel.

Any help ples?

Solution

  • wxWidgets has capabilities to custom draw a widget/window (or a small invalidated part of one) through it's own drawing API.

    This is usually used for customized buttons or other controls, graphs, etc. You can handle EVT_PAINT (wxPaintEvent) where you can create a DC ("Device Context"). As well as on creation or size changes, you can force a redraw with wxWindow::Refresh or wxWindow::RefreshRect (for a small part). You might do so using a timer.

    Note that the performance and capability is fairly limited. You can use OpenGL or Direct3D , or various high level libraries with wxWidgets, the native platform window handle is obtainable through wxWindow::GetHandle.