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Function name : CreateSolidBrush

Group: Brush - Library: gdi32

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

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Declaration:

HBRUSH CreateSolidBrush(
  COLORREF crColor   // brush color value
);

FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER CreateSolidBrush IN gdi32;
	LONG crColor

Parameters:

crColor [in] Specifies the color of the brush. To create a COLORREF color value, use the RGB macro.

Return value:

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

Comments:

A solid brush is a bitmap that the system 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.