diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/dc.tex b/docs/latex/wx/dc.tex
index 333d6355b7..e2fb6a9f9a 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/dc.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/dc.tex
@@ -533,11 +533,15 @@ whether text will be drawn with a background colour or not.
 
 \func{void}{SetClippingRegion}{\param{long}{ x}, \param{long}{ y}, \param{long}{ width}, \param{long}{ height}}
 
-Sets the clipping region for the DC. The clipping region is a rectangular area
-to which drawing is restricted.  Possible uses for the clipping region are for clipping text
+\func{void}{SetClippingRegion}{\param{const wxRegion\&}{ region}}
+
+Sets the clipping region for the DC. The clipping region is an area
+to which drawing is restricted. Possible uses for the clipping region are for clipping text
 or for speeding up window redraws when only a known area of the screen is damaged.
 
-See also \helpref{wxDC::DestroyClippingRegion}{wxdcdestroyclippingregion}.
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxDC::DestroyClippingRegion}{wxdcdestroyclippingregion}, \helpref{wxRegion}{wxregion}
 
 \membersection{wxDC::SetPalette}\label{wxdcsetpalette}
 
diff --git a/docs/msw/install.txt b/docs/msw/install.txt
index d3a735555c..a53f6f8880 100644
--- a/docs/msw/install.txt
+++ b/docs/msw/install.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ Here are the steps required:
   extra files to use the wxWindows makefiles. You can find these
   files in ports/mingw32 on the ftp site or CD-ROM, as extra.zip.
   These should be extracted to the Mingw32 directory.
+  IMPORTANT: also see mingw32.txt in this directory (docs/msw)
+  about a fix that has to be applied to a Mingw32 header file.
 
 - Modify the file wx/src/cygnus.bat (or mingw32.bat or mingegcs.bat)
   to set up appropriate variables, if necessary mounting drives.
diff --git a/include/wx/motif/dcclient.h b/include/wx/motif/dcclient.h
index 9b75bf2aad..3caa023ff3 100644
--- a/include/wx/motif/dcclient.h
+++ b/include/wx/motif/dcclient.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindowDC: public wxDC
     virtual void SetPalette( const wxPalette& palette );
     
     virtual void SetClippingRegion( long x, long y, long width, long height );
+    virtual void SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region );
     virtual void DestroyClippingRegion(void);
     
     virtual void DrawSpline( wxList *points );
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/dc.h b/include/wx/msw/dc.h
index 983845e5a8..05e696b590 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/dc.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/dc.h
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ public:
   {
     SetClippingRegion(rect.x, rect.y, rect.width, rect.height);
   }
+  virtual void SetClippingRegion(const wxRegion& region);
 
   virtual void SetPalette(const wxPalette& palette);
 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/region.h b/include/wx/msw/region.h
index 3955305427..4be8411eb5 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/region.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/region.h
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ public:
 	bool Combine(long x, long y, long width, long height, wxRegionOp op);
 	bool Combine(const wxRegion& region, wxRegionOp op);
 	bool Combine(const wxRect& rect, wxRegionOp op);
+
+    // Get internal region handle
+    WXHRGN GetHRGN() const;
 };
 
 class WXDLLEXPORT wxRegionIterator : public wxObject {
diff --git a/include/wx/stubs/dcclient.h b/include/wx/stubs/dcclient.h
index 99845221b6..7b37f6022b 100644
--- a/include/wx/stubs/dcclient.h
+++ b/include/wx/stubs/dcclient.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindowDC: public wxDC
     virtual void SetPalette( const wxPalette& palette );
     
     virtual void SetClippingRegion( long x, long y, long width, long height );
+    virtual void SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ) ;
     virtual void DestroyClippingRegion(void);
     
     virtual void DrawSpline( wxList *points );
diff --git a/samples/splitter/makefile.g95 b/samples/splitter/makefile.g95
index 2ae60d6fc2..597f7d9a40 100644
--- a/samples/splitter/makefile.g95
+++ b/samples/splitter/makefile.g95
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ WXDIR = ../..
 # this central makefile.
 include $(WXDIR)/src/makeg95.env
 
-OBJECTS = $(OBJDIR)/test.$(OBJSUFF)
+OBJECTS = $(OBJDIR)/test.$(OBJSUFF) $(OBJDIR)/test_resources.$(OBJSUFF)
 
 all:    $(OBJDIR) test$(GUISUFFIX)$(EXESUFF)
 
@@ -24,14 +24,16 @@ wx:
 $(OBJDIR):
 	mkdir $(OBJDIR)
 
-test$(GUISUFFIX)$(EXESUFF):	$(OBJDIR)/test.$(OBJSUFF) test.res $(WXLIB)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o test$(GUISUFFIX)$(EXESUFF) $(OBJDIR)/test.$(OBJSUFF) $(XVIEW_LINK) $(LDLIBS)
-	$(RSRC) test.$(RESSUFF) test.exe
+test$(GUISUFFIX)$(EXESUFF):	$(OBJECTS) $(WXLIB)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o test$(GUISUFFIX)$(EXESUFF) $(OBJECTS) $(LDLIBS)
 
 $(OBJDIR)/test.$(OBJSUFF):	test.$(SRCSUFF)
 	$(CC) -c $(CPPFLAGS) -o $@ test.$(SRCSUFF)
 
-test.res:  test.rc
+$(OBJDIR)/test_resources.o:  test.rc
+	$(RESCOMP) -i test.rc -o $(OBJDIR)/test_resources.o $(RESFLAGS)
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(OBJECTS) test$(GUISUFFIX).exe core *.rsc *.res
+
+
diff --git a/src/motif/dcclient.cpp b/src/motif/dcclient.cpp
index cb48e8250e..a91a4e7d57 100644
--- a/src/motif/dcclient.cpp
+++ b/src/motif/dcclient.cpp
@@ -2045,6 +2045,34 @@ void wxWindowDC::SetClippingRegion( long x, long y, long width, long height )
   }
 };
 
+void wxWindowDC::SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region )
+{
+  wxRect box = region.GetBox();
+
+  wxDC::SetClippingRegion( box.x, box.y, box.width, box.height );
+
+  if (m_userRegion)
+    XDestroyRegion ((Region) m_userRegion);
+  m_userRegion = (WXRegion) XCreateRegion ();
+
+  XUnionRegion((Region) m_userRegion, (Region) region.GetXRegion(), (Region) m_userRegion);
+
+  SetDCClipping ();
+
+  // Needs to work differently for Pixmap: without this,
+  // there's a nasty (Display*) m_display bug. 8/12/94
+  if (m_window && m_window->GetBackingPixmap())
+  {
+    XRectangle rects[1];
+    rects[0].x = XLOG2DEV_2(box.x);
+    rects[0].y = YLOG2DEV_2(box.y);
+    rects[0].width = XLOG2DEVREL(box.width);
+    rects[0].height = YLOG2DEVREL(box.height);
+    XSetClipRectangles((Display*) m_display, (GC) m_gcBacking, 0, 0, rects, 1, Unsorted);
+  }
+};
+
+
 void wxWindowDC::DestroyClippingRegion(void)
 {
   wxDC::DestroyClippingRegion();
diff --git a/src/motif/region.cpp b/src/motif/region.cpp
index 9149211450..7121fe63a3 100644
--- a/src/motif/region.cpp
+++ b/src/motif/region.cpp
@@ -206,9 +206,7 @@ bool wxRegion::Combine(const wxRegion& region, wxRegionOp op)
             break ;
     }
 
-    // TODO combine region
-
-	return FALSE;
+  return FALSE;
 }
 
 bool wxRegion::Combine(const wxRect& rect, wxRegionOp op)
diff --git a/src/msw/dc.cpp b/src/msw/dc.cpp
index 5b4e8fddcd..9375860e75 100644
--- a/src/msw/dc.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/dc.cpp
@@ -181,6 +181,22 @@ void wxDC::SetClippingRegion(long cx, long cy, long cw, long ch)
   DoClipping((WXHDC) m_hDC);
 }
 
+void wxDC::SetClippingRegion(const wxRegion& region)
+{
+  if (!region.GetHRGN())
+    return;
+
+  wxRect box = region.GetBox();
+
+  m_clipping = TRUE;
+  m_clipX1 = box.x;
+  m_clipY1 = box.y;
+  m_clipX2 = box.x + box.width;
+  m_clipY2 = box.y + box.height;
+
+  ExtSelectClipRgn((HDC) m_hDC, (HRGN) region.GetHRGN(), RGN_AND);
+}
+
 void wxDC::DoClipping(WXHDC dc)
 {
   if (m_clipping && dc)
@@ -194,11 +210,14 @@ void wxDC::DestroyClippingRegion(void)
 {
   if (m_clipping && m_hDC)
   {
+    // TODO: this should restore the previous clipping region,
+    // so that OnPaint processing works correctly, and the update clipping region
+    // doesn't get destroyed after the first DestroyClippingRegion.
     HRGN rgn = CreateRectRgn(0, 0, 32000, 32000);
     SelectClipRgn((HDC) m_hDC, rgn);
     DeleteObject(rgn);
-   }
-   m_clipping = FALSE;
+  }
+  m_clipping = FALSE;
 }
 
 bool wxDC::CanDrawBitmap(void) const
diff --git a/src/msw/region.cpp b/src/msw/region.cpp
index 5e7fae2b07..e26d294ce7 100644
--- a/src/msw/region.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/region.cpp
@@ -288,6 +288,14 @@ wxRegionContain wxRegion::Contains(const wxRect& rect) const
     return Contains(x, y, w, h);
 }
 
+// Get internal region handle
+WXHRGN wxRegion::GetHRGN() const
+{
+    if (!m_refData)
+        return (WXHRGN) 0;
+    return (WXHRGN) M_REGION;
+}
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //																			 //
 //							   wxRegionIterator								 //
diff --git a/src/stubs/dcclient.cpp b/src/stubs/dcclient.cpp
index 4ba48ce40b..b21b90399e 100644
--- a/src/stubs/dcclient.cpp
+++ b/src/stubs/dcclient.cpp
@@ -448,9 +448,20 @@ void wxWindowDC::SetPalette( const wxPalette& WXUNUSED(palette) )
 void wxWindowDC::SetClippingRegion( long x, long y, long width, long height )
 {
   wxDC::SetClippingRegion( x, y, width, height );
+
+  // TODO
   
 };
 
+void wxWindowDC::SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region )
+{
+  wxRect box = region.GetBox();
+
+  wxDC::SetClippingRegion( box.x, box.y, box.width, box.height );
+
+  // TODO
+}
+
 void wxWindowDC::DestroyClippingRegion(void)
 {
   wxDC::DestroyClippingRegion();