Why does PrintWindow hate CS_PARENTDC? Because EVERYBODY hates CS_PARENTDC!

Raymond Chen June 4, 2012 Jun 4, 2012 06/4/12

Commenter kero wants to know why the Print­Window function hates CS_PARENT­DC. (And CS_CLASS­DC, and CS_OWN­DC.) Because everybody hates CS_PARENT­DC! (And CS_CLASS­DC, and CS_OWN­DC.) We saw earlier that these class styles violate widely-held assumptions about how drawing works. I mean, who would have thought ...