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The CreatePen function creates a logical pen that has the specified style, width, and color. The pen can subsequently be selected into a device context and used to draw lines and curves.
HPEN CreatePen( int fnPenStyle, // pen style int nWidth, // pen width COLORREF crColor // pen color );
If the function succeeds, the return value is a handle that identifies a logical pen.
If the function fails, the return value is NULL.
Windows NT/2000/XP: To get extended error information, call GetLastError.
After an application creates a logical pen, it can select that pen into a device context by calling the SelectObject function. After a pen is selected into a device context, it can be used to draw lines and curves.
If the value specified by the nWidth parameter is zero, a line drawn with the created pen always is a single pixel wide regardless of the current transformation.
If the value specified by nWidth is greater than 1, the fnPenStyle parameter must be PS_NULL, PS_SOLID, or PS_INSIDEFRAME.
If the value specified by nWidth is greater than 1 and fnPenStyle is PS_INSIDEFRAME, the line associated with the pen is drawn inside the frame of all primitives except polygons and polylines.
If the value specified by nWidth is greater than 1, fnPenStyle is PS_INSIDEFRAME, and the color specified by the crColor parameter does not match one of the entries in the logical palette, the system draws lines by using a dithered color. Dithered colors are not available with solid pens.
When you no longer need the pen, call the DeleteObject function to delete it.
ICM: No color management is done at creation. However, color management is performed when the pen is selected into an ICM-enabled device context.
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