DrawCaption

DrawCaption info Overview Group

The DrawCaption function draws a window caption.

BOOL WINAPI DrawCaption(

HWND hwnd,

// handle to window to get text and icon from

HDC hdc,

// handle to device context to draw into

LPCRECT lprc,

// pointer to rectangle to draw into

UINT uFlags,

// set of drawing option flags

);

Parameters

hwnd

Handle to a window that supplies text and an icon for the window caption.

hdc

Handle to a device context. The function draws the window caption into this device context.

lprc

Pointer to a RECT structure that specifies the bounding rectangle for the window caption.

uFlags

A set of bit flags that specify drawing options. You can set zero or more of the following flags:

Value	Meaning
DC_ACTIVE	The function uses the colors that denote an active caption.
DC_ICON	The function draws the icon when drawing the caption text.
DC_INBUTTON	The function draws the caption as a button.
DC_SMALLCAP	The function draws a small caption, using the current small caption font.
DC_TEXT	The function draws the caption text when drawing the caption.

If DC_SMALLCAP is specified, the function draws a normal window caption.

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

DrawCaption info Overview Group