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4/8/2010

This message retrieves the color for a specified portion of the month calendar within a date and time picker (DTP) control.

Syntax 

DTM_GETMCCOLOR 
wParam = (WPARAM)(INT)
iColor; 

lParam = 0;

Parameters

iColor

Specifies which month calendar color to retrieve. It is one of the following values.

Value Description

MCSC_BACKGROUND

Retrieves the background color displayed between months.

MCSC_MONTHBK

Retrieves the background color displayed within the month.

MCSC_TEXT

Retrieves the color used to display text within a month.

MCSC_TITLEBK

Retrieves the background color displayed in the calendar's title.

MCSC_TITLETEXT

Retrieves the color used to display text within the calendar's title.

MCSC_TRAILINGTEXT

Retrieves the color used to display header and trailing-day text. Header and trailing days are the days from the previous and following months that appear on the current calendar.
lParam

Not used.

Return Value

Returns a COLORREFvalue that represents the color setting for the specified portion of the month calendar control if successful. The message returns –1 if unsuccessful.

Requirements

Header commctrl.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 2.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also