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Disables drawing in the given window.

BOOL LockWindowUpdate( );

Nonzero if the function is successful. It is 0 if a failure occurs or if the LockWindowUpdate function has been used to lock another window.

A locked window cannot be moved. Only one window can be locked at a time. To unlock a window locked with LockWindowUpdate, call UnlockWindowUpdate.

If an application with a locked window (or any locked child windows) calls the GetDC, GetDCEx, or BeginPaint Windows function, the called function returns a device context whose visible region is empty. This will occur until the application unlocks the window by calling the UnlockWindowUpdate member function.

While window updates are locked, the system keeps track of the bounding rectangle of any drawing operations to device contexts associated with a locked window. When drawing is reenabled, this bounding rectangle is invalidated in the locked window and its child windows to force an eventual WM_PAINT message to update the screen. If no drawing has occurred while the window updates were locked, no area is invalidated.

The LockWindowUpdate member function does not make the given window invisible and does not clear the WS_VISIBLE style bit.

Header: afxwin.h

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