GetSystemPaletteEntries

  UINT GetSystemPaletteEntries(hdc, iStartIndex, nEntries, lppe)    
  HDC hdc; /* handle of device context */
  UINT iStartIndex; /* index of first entry to be retrieved */
  UINT nEntries; /* number of entries to be retrieved */
  LPPALETTEENTRY lppe; /* array receiving system-palette entries */

The GetSystemPaletteEntries function retrieves a range of palette entries from the system-palette that is associated with the given device context.

Parameters

hdc

Identifies the device context.

iStartIndex

Specifies the first entry to be retrieved from the system palette.

nEntries

Specifies the number of entries to be retrieved from the system palette.

lppe

Points to an array of PALETTEENTRY structures to receive the palette entries. The array must contain at least as many data structures as specified by the nEntries parameter. If this parameter is NULL, the function will return the total number of entries in the palette. The PALETTEENTRY structure has the following format:

typedef struct tagPALETTEENTRY { /* pe */

BYTE peRed;

BYTE peGreen;

BYTE peBlue;

BYTE peFlags;

} PALETTEENTRY;

Return Value

The return value is the number of entries retrieved from the palette if the function is successful. Otherwise it is zero.

See Also

PALETTEENTRY