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int iValue = 3;
int* pValue = &iValue; // pointer to value
*pValue = 4;
int& rValue = &iValue; // reference to value
rValue = 5;

struct Point{
int x;
int y;
};

void FunctionA(Point ptMouse)
{
  ptMouse.x = 100;
}

void FunctionB(Point* pMouse)
{
  pMouse->x = 100;
}

void FunctionC(Point& rMouse)
{
  rMouse.x = 100;
}

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CClientDC dc(this);<br />
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CPen penBlue = new CPen();<br />
penBlue.Create(PS_SOLID,1,RGB(0,0,255));<br />
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dc.SelectObject(penBlue) // pass by value, makes a copy - uses up a lot of memory (BAD)<br />
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//instead use<br />
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dc.SelectObject(&penBlue) // pass by address - fast and effecient, using original object (GOOD)<br />
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also you could use<br />
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CPen& rPenBlue = &penBlue;<br />
dc.SelectObject(rPenBlue) // not sure if this is right but pass by reference<br />
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Tom Moore wrote:

CClientDC dc(this);

CPen penBlue = new CPen();
penBlue.Create(PS_SOLID,1,RGB(0,0,255));

dc.SelectObject(penBlue) // pass by value, makes a copy - uses up a lot of memory (BAD)

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CClient* pDC(this);<br />
CPen penRed = new CPen()<br />
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penRed.Create(PS_SOLID,1,RGB(255,0,0); // Create a solid red pen<br />
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CPen penOld = dc->SelectObject(&penRed); // Select the red pen and store the old pen in // penOld, but why use the address of it?<br />
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dc.DrawText(300,400,penRed,"Hello World"); // Print Hello World<br />
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dc.SelectObject(penOld) //Select the old object using the pointer<br />

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 CRect rc;<br />
 GetWindowRect(&rc);<br />

CClient* pDC(this);
CPen *penRed = new CPen();

penRed->Create(PS_SOLID,1,RGB(255,0,0)); // Create a solid red pen

CPen *penOld = dc->SelectObject(penRed); // Select the red pen and store the old pen in // penOld, but why use the address of it?

//dc.DrawText(300,400,penRed,"Hello World"); // Print Hello World

dc.SelectObject(penOld) //Select the old object using the pointer

Tom Moore wrote:

Whats the difference between :

GetWindowRect(&rc); and

GetWindowRect(rc);

// pass-by-value
void foo( int num )
{
    num = 12;
}
...
int x = 5;
printf("%x\n", x); // will print 5
foo(x);
printf("%x\n", x); // will also print 5
 
// pass-by-reference
void foo( int *num )
{
    *num = 12; // change the value pointed to by 'num'
}
...
int x = 5;
printf("%x\n", x); // will print 5
foo(&x);
printf("%x\n", x); // will now print 12

"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain

"There is no death, only a change of worlds." - Native American Proverb

CMyDialog::OnButton()
{
  ::MessageBox(m_hWnd,
               "Your message text goes here",
               "Caption for your message box",
               (MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION));
}

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::MessageBox(m_hWnd,"This is the LAST record","Last Record",MB_ICONINFORMATION | MB_SYSTEMMODAL);<br />

braveheartkenya wrote:

::MessageBox(m_hWnd,"This is the LAST record","Last Record",MB_ICONINFORMATION | MB_SYSTEMMODAL);

MessageBox(_T("This is the LAST record"), _T("Last Record"), MB_ICONINFORMATION | MB_SETFOREGROUND);