Creating a True Dotted Pen

Introduction

I found that creating a pen using PS_DOT ...

COLORREF c_colorGridLine = RGB(190,190,190);
CPen penDotted(PS_DOT, 0, c_colorGridLine);

...really looked more like a dash. In my application, I wanted to draw very light weight grid lines. I found the following works very nicely, and hope you may find it useful as well:

    LOGBRUSH LogBrush;

    LogBrush.lbColor = c_colorGridLine;

    LogBrush.lbStyle = PS_SOLID;

    penDotted.CreatePen( PS_COSMETIC | PS_ALTERNATE , 1, &LogBrush, 0, NULL );

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