Repaint screen?

After painting to the screen's dc, how do I tell the screen dc to repaint itself so that what ever I drew will disappear?

I tried the following, but it doesn't work:

SendMessage HWND_BROADCAST, WM_PAINT, 0, 0

Any help would be appreciated..

Dan

InvalidateRect will do it. You will need the hwnd of the desktop though.

Try this code, I got it from ALLAPI.net, a very usefull website!

Code:

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Private Declare Function InvalidateRect Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, lpRect As Long, ByVal bErase As Long) As Long

' This will repaint all windows and the desktop
InvalidateRect 0&, 0&, False

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Thanks for the refresh code. Worked like a charm!

i think u can use the RedrawWindow API
or UpdateWindow

YAY another response to a 2 year old post :D

i did't saw the date of submition