CreateSolidBrush

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.

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