CreateRectRgnIndirect

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This function creates a rectangular region.

HRGN
CreateRectRgnIndirect( const
RECT
*
lprc
);

Parameters

lprc

[in] Long pointer to a RECTstructure that contains the coordinates of the upper-left and lower-right corners of the rectangle that defines the region.

Return Values

The handle to the region indicates success. NULL indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

The region will be exclusive of the bottom and right edges.

Windows CE represents regions using 16-bit values.

Requirements

Runs on	Versions	Defined in	Include	Link to
Windows CE OS	1.0 and later	Wingdi.h		Mgrgn.lib

Note This API is part of the complete Windows CE OS package as provided by Microsoft. The functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and some devices may not support this API.