SetTextColor
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4/8/2010
This function sets the text color of the specified device context to the specified color.
Syntax
COLORREF SetTextColor(
HDC hdc,
COLORREF crColor
);
Parameters
- hdc
[in] Handle to the device context.
- crColor
[in] Value of type COLORREF that specifies the color of the text.
Return Value
A color reference for the previous text color indicates success. CLR_INVALID indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.
Remarks
The ExtTextOut function uses the text color to draw the face of each character that ExtTextOut writes. The text color is also used when converting bitmaps from color to monochrome and vice versa.
Requirements
| Header | windows.h |
| Library | coredll.lib |
| Windows Embedded CE | Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later |
| Windows Mobile | Pocket PC for Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later, Smartphone for Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later |