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ColorMatchToTarget function (wingdi.h)

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The ColorMatchToTarget function enables you to preview colors as they would appear on the target device.

Syntax

BOOL ColorMatchToTarget(
  HDC   hdc,
  HDC   hdcTarget,
  DWORD action
);

Parameters

hdc

Specifies the device context for previewing, generally the screen.

hdcTarget

Specifies the target device context, generally a printer.

action

A constant that can have one of the following values.

 

Value Meaning
CS_ENABLE
 Map the colors to the target device's color gamut. This enables color proofing. All subsequent draw commands to the DC will render colors as they would appear on the target device.
CS_DISABLE
 Disable color proofing.
CS_DELETE_TRANSFORM
 If color management is enabled for the target profile, disable it and delete the concatenated transform.

Return value

If this function succeeds, the return value is TRUE.

If this function fails, the return value is FALSE.

Remarks

ColorMatchToTarget can be used to proof the colors of a color output device on another color output device. Setting the uiAction parameter to CS_ENABLE causes all subsequent drawing commands to the DC to render colors as they would appear on the target device. If uiAction is set to CS_DISABLE, proofing is turned off. However, the current color transform is not deleted from the DC. It is just inactive.

When ColorMatchToTarget is called, the color transform for the target device is performed first, and then the transform to the preview device is applied to the results of the first transform. This is used primarily for checking gamut mapping conditions. Before using this function, you must enable WCS for both device contexts.

This function cannot be cascaded. While color mapping to the target is enabled by setting uiAction to CS_ENABLE, application changes to the color space or gamut mapping method are ignored. Those changes then take effect when color mapping to the target is disabled.

Note  A memory leak will not occur if an application does not delete a transform using CS_DELETE_TRANSFORM. The transform will be deleted when either the device context (DC) is closed, or when the application color space is deleted. However if the transform is not going to be used again, or if the application will not be performing any more color matching on the DC, it should explicitly delete the transform to free the memory it occupies.
 
The uiAction parameter should only be set to CS_DELETE_TRANSFORM if color management is enabled before the ColorMatchToTarget function is called.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header wingdi.h
Library Gdi32.lib
DLL Gdi32.dll

See also