PF> You shouldn't draw/paint onto a dialog directly.

 GC> It *SHOULD* be able to be done, though, right?  Again, 
 GC> I have no absolute necessity for doing so, but I'd 
 GC> like to know how.

If you subclass the dialog,  you can intercept WM_PAINT I guess -- but make
sure you do NOT call WinBeginPaint or WinDefDlg/WindowProc.

It is not worth the hassle -- just add a user control to reserve the space
on the dialog,  then draw into that (it is its own window).


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