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The CreateSolidBrush function creates a logical brush that has the specified solid color.

HBRUSH CreateSolidBrush(

    COLORREF crColor 

// brush color value

   );

Parameters

crColor
Specifies the color of the brush.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value identifies a logical brush.

If the function fails, the return value is NULL. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

A solid brush is a bitmap that Windows uses to paint the interiors of filled shapes.

After an application creates a brush by calling CreateSolidBrush, it can select that brush into any device context by calling the SelectObject function.

See Also

CreateDIBPatternBrush, CreateDIBPatternBrushPt, CreateHatchBrush, CreatePatternBrush, DeleteObject, SelectObject