I want to make a Level Editor like the one of Warcraft 2 or Starcraft. I want to make it in GDI. Schould I use PeekMessage or GetMessage? Schould I paint the titles in the WM_PAINT Message or schould I draw them every frame? Is there a compnonent(something like stringgrid) in which I can load all the titles in? I am programming in Visual C++6.

I am by no strech of the imagination a tile master, but here is my take on the situation. Paint them in the WM_PAINT message because (in theory) nothing will every need to be painted unless a WM_PAINT message is sent. There are a few other messages too, I assume, for your scroll bars, etc. As for the PeekMessage(), GetMessage() question, are you using MFC or straight Windows API? If you are using MFC, you don''t have this problem . If you are using plain old boring (but less bloated) Windows API, I have never used GetMessage() so I am forced to recommend PeekMessage(). I would also recommend DirectDraw instead of WinAPI or MFC. You can still use GDI calls with DirectDraw.

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thanx for your help

I use plain Winapi and I want to use GDI because I can then use the editor on nearly every system.