This function sets the text color of the specified device context to the specified color.
At a Glance
| Header file: | Wingdi.h |
| Windows CE versions: | 1.0 and later |
Syntax
COLORREF SetTextColor(HDC hdc, COLORREF crColor);
Parameters
hdc
[in] Handle to the device context.
crColor
[in] Specifies the color of the text.
Return Values
A color reference for the previous text color indicates success. CLR_INVALID indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.
Remarks
The text color is used to draw the face of each character written by the ExtTextOut function. The text color is also used in converting bitmaps from color to monochrome and vice versa.
See Also