Here's one way to do it. If anybody has another way of doing it, please share!
; .lib "gdi32.dll" ; Rectangle%(hdc%, l, t, r, b):"Rectangle" ; GetStockObject%(fnObject%):"GetStockObject" ; SetDCBrushColor%(hdc%, crColor%):"SetDCBrushColor" ; SelectObject%(hdc, hgdiobj%):"SelectObject" Const DC_BRUSH = 18 Global wndMain=CreateWindow("",200,200,200,200) Global btn=CreateButton("Hello", 10, 10, 100, 20, wndMain) CreateTimer(60) Repeat Select WaitEvent() Case $803 : End Case $4001 : DrawBG() End Select Forever Function DrawBG() ; Low-CPU GDI calls dc% = GetDC(QueryObject(wndMain,1)) : If Not dc Then Return ; Fail SelectObject(dc, GetStockObject(DC_BRUSH)) SetDCBrushColor(dc, $cccc) ; Mustard yellow Rectangle(dc,0,0,GadgetWidth(wndMain),GadgetHeight(wndMain)) ReleaseDC(QueryObject(wndMain,1), dc) End Function