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SolidBrush Class

The SolidBrush class defines a brush of a single, solid color used for filling graphics shapes.

Namespace

Gdiplus

Declaration

class SolidBrush : public Brush {
public:
    SolidBrush(const Color &color);
    ~SolidBrush();

    Color GetColor() const;
    void SetColor(const Color &color);
};

Inheritance

Brush → SolidBrush

Properties
Methods
Example

Properties

NameTypeDescription
ColorColorGets or sets the brush color.

Methods

SignatureDescription
SolidBrush(const Color &color)Initializes a new instance of the SolidBrush class with the specified color.
~SolidBrush()Releases all resources used by the SolidBrush object.
Color GetColor() constReturns the current color of the brush.
void SetColor(const Color &color)Sets the brush to a new color.

Example

#include <windows.h>
#include <gdiplus.h>

using namespace Gdiplus;

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int) {
    GdiplusStartupInput gdiplusStartupInput;
    ULONG_PTR gdiplusToken;
    GdiplusStartup(&gdiplusToken, &gdiplusStartupInput, nullptr);

    HWND hwnd = CreateWindow(L"STATIC", L"SolidBrush Demo",
        WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT,
        400, 300, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
    ShowWindow(hwnd, SW_SHOW);

    HDC hdc = GetDC(hwnd);
    Graphics graphics(hdc);

    SolidBrush brush(Color(255, 0, 120, 215)); // A semi‑transparent blue
    Pen pen(Color(255, 0, 0, 0));
    graphics.FillEllipse(&brush, 50, 50, 200, 150);
    graphics.DrawEllipse(&pen, 50, 50, 200, 150);

    ReleaseDC(hwnd, hdc);
    MSG msg;
    while (GetMessage(&msg, nullptr, 0, 0)) {
        TranslateMessage(&msg);
        DispatchMessage(&msg);
    }

    GdiplusShutdown(gdiplusToken);
    return 0;
}

Run the program to see a blue ellipse drawn with a solid brush.

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