Changing the color of a pen or brush on the fly?

[CoffeeAddict19]

I know how to initialize a brush or pen to a specific color, but I couldn't find any methods for changing the contents of a brush or pen once it has been initialized. In my application the user has to be able to change it, so simply creating a new variable isn't practical. I've been deleting the brush and then re-initializing it with the new color as you can see:

void CGameWin::ChangeBackgroundColor(COLORREF Color)
{
	CurrentBackgroundColor = Color;
	CurrentBackgroundColorBrush.DeleteObject();
	CurrentBackgroundColorBrush.CreateSolidBrush(Color);
	background_DC.SelectObject(CurrentBackgroundColorBrush);
}

Is there a better way to do this?

[Christian Graus]

You can't change a brush, you need to create a new one. If this happens often enough, you could build a cache, I guess.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog