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4/8/2010

This macro sets the color for a specified portion of a month calendar control.

Syntax 

COLORREF MonthCal_SetColor(
  HWND 
hwndMC, 
  INT 
iColor, 
  COLORREF 
clr 
);

Parameters

hwndMC

Handle to a month calendar control.

iColor

INTvalue that specifies which month calendar color to set. 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.
clr

COLORREFvalue that represents the color that will be set for the specified area of the month calendar.

Return Value

Returns a COLORREFvalue that represents the previous color setting for the specified portion of the month calendar control if successful. Otherwise, this macro returns –1.

Remarks

Related message:  MCM_SETCOLOR

Requirements

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

See Also

Reference

COLORREF