BeginPath info  Overview  Group

The BeginPath function opens a path bracket in the specified device context.

BOOL BeginPath(

Parameters

hdc

Identifies the device context.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

After a path bracket is open, an application can begin calling GDI drawing functions to define the points that lie in the path. An application can close an open path bracket by calling the EndPath function.

When an application calls BeginPath for a device context, any previous paths are discarded from that device context.

Windows NT: 

The following drawing functions define points in a path:

AngleArc	LineTo	Polyline
Arc	MoveToEx	PolylineTo
ArcTo	Pie	PolyPolygon
Chord	PolyBezier	PolyPolyline
CloseFigure	PolyBezierTo	Rectangle
Ellipse	PolyDraw	RoundRect
ExtTextOut	Polygon	TextOut

Windows 95: 

When constructing a path, only the CloseFigure, ExtTextOut, LineTo, MoveToEx, PolyBezier, PolyBezierTo, Polygon, Polyline, PolylineTo, PolyPolygon, PolyPolyline, and TextOut functions are recorded.

See Also

EndPath, FillPath, PathToRegion, SelectClipPath, StrokeAndFillPath, StrokePath, WidenPath 

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