GetROP2

The GetROP2 function retrieves the foreground mix mode of the specified device context. The mix mode specifies how the pen or interior color and the color already on the screen are combined to yield a new color.

int GetROP2(
  HDC hdc   // handle of device context
);
 

Parameters

hdc
Handle to the device context.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value specifies the foreground mix mode.

If the function fails, the return value is zero.

Windows NT: To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

Following are the foreground mix modes:

Mix mode Description
R2_BLACK Pixel is always 0.
R2_COPYPEN Pixel is the pen color.
R2_MASKNOTPEN Pixel is a combination of the colors common to both the screen and the inverse of the pen.
R2_MASKPEN Pixel is a combination of the colors common to both the pen and the screen.
R2_MASKPENNOT Pixel is a combination of the colors common to both the pen and the inverse of the screen.
R2_MERGENOTPEN Pixel is a combination of the screen color and the inverse of the pen color.
R2_MERGEPEN Pixel is a combination of the pen color and the screen color.
R2_MERGEPENNOT Pixel is a combination of the pen color and the inverse of the screen color.
R2_NOP Pixel remains unchanged.
R2_NOT Pixel is the inverse of the screen color.
R2_NOTCOPYPEN Pixel is the inverse of the pen color.
R2_NOTMASKPEN Pixel is the inverse of the R2_MASKPEN color.
R2_NOTMERGEPEN Pixel is the inverse of the R2_MERGEPEN color.
R2_NOTXORPEN Pixel is the inverse of the R2_XORPEN color.
R2_WHITE Pixel is always 1.
R2_XORPEN Pixel is a combination of the colors in the pen and in the screen, but not in both.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in wingdi.h.
  Import Library: Use gdi32.lib.

See Also

Painting and Drawing Overview, Painting and Drawing Functions, SetROP2