SetTextColor

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This function sets the text color of the specified device context to the specified color.

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 ExtTextOutfunction. The text color is also used in converting bitmaps from color to monochrome and vice versa.

Requirements

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