BeginPath  4JELMK 

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 GetLastError11C2VS7.

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 EndPathT8VXHK 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:

Windows 95:

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

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