CreateWindow isn't an API but a function. You must call it first to create
the window than you can use a DC to it for drawing.
procedure TfApp.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
hDesktopDC : HDC;
begin
hDesktopDC := GetDC(0);
SetBkColor(hDesktopDC, clYellow);
SetTextColor(hDesktopDC, clBlue);
TextOut(hDesktopDC, 10, 10, pchar('This is some TextOut...'), 23);
ReleaseDC(0, hDesktopDC);
end;
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OldTextColor : TColorRef;
OldBkColor : TColorRef;
OldBkMode : Integer;
begin
OldTextColor := SetTextColor(Form1.Canvas.Handle, RGB(0, 0, 255));
OldBkColor := SetBkColor(Form1.Canvas.Handle, RGB(255, 0, 0));
OldBkMode := SetBkMode(Form1.Canvas.Handle, OPAQUE);
TextOut(Form1.Canvas.Handle,
100, 100,
'Blue text on red Background',
27);
SetBkMode(Form1.Canvas.Handle, OldBkMode);
SetBkColor(Form1.Canvas.Handle, OldBkColor);
SetTextColor(Form1.Canvas.Handle, OldTextColor);
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note that the Windows SetBkColor function is thus:
//SetBkColor(HDC hdc, COLORREF crColor);
//where
//hdc is the handle of device context
//crColor is the new background color value