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From: emmayche@dhw68k.cts.com (Mark Hartman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: How does one save/restore clipping?
Message-ID: <1991Jan2.163427.1565@dhw68k.cts.com>
Date: 2 Jan 91 16:34:27 GMT
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In article <1CE00001.csbntk@tbomb.ice.com> time@tbomb.ice.com writes:
>Now, however, I have run into a case where I wish I could save the
>clipping of a port, and restore it later. I see no standard mathod
>mentioned in IM concerning this function. I presume that saving the
>ClipRgn handle in the port and replacing it afterwards is the approach,
>but hadn't thought through what other needs I must address.

The simplest way to do this is with the GetClip() and SetClip() routines
(IM-I-166,167); in fact, "preserving the current clipRgn" is specifically
mentioned as the purpose of these calls.

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