OpenGL background color not working

codist (39)
I have a game that I am making but for some reason the background color for OpenGL isn't working.

Code:

Render code (this is in an infinite loop):
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inline void drawGame_(unsigned long interval) {
	glClearColor(0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0);
	glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);

	glLoadIdentity();

	glFlush();
	HDC* hdc = gethDC();
	SwapBuffers(*hdc);
}


Code that creates the window:
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BOOL InitInstance(HINSTANCE hInstance, int nCmdShow)
{

   hInst = hInstance;

   hWnd = CreateWindowEx(0, szWindowClass, szTitle, WS_BORDER | 
		WS_SYSMENU | WS_VISIBLE,
		GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN)/2-(GAME_WINDOW_WIDTH/2),
		GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN)/2-(GAME_WINDOW_HEIGHT/2),
		GAME_WINDOW_WIDTH, GAME_WINDOW_HEIGHT, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);

   if (!hWnd)
   {
      return FALSE;
   }

   ShowWindow(hWnd, nCmdShow);
   UpdateWindow(hWnd);

   return TRUE;
}


Enable OpenGL:
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void EnableOpenGL(HWND hWnd, HDC * hDC, HGLRC * hRC)
{
    PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR pfd;
    int iFormat;

    *hDC = GetDC( hWnd );

    ZeroMemory( &pfd, sizeof( pfd ) );
    pfd.nSize = sizeof( pfd );
    pfd.nVersion = 1;
    pfd.dwFlags = PFD_DRAW_TO_WINDOW | PFD_SUPPORT_OPENGL |
                  PFD_DOUBLEBUFFER;
    pfd.iPixelType = PFD_TYPE_RGBA;
    pfd.cColorBits = 24;
    pfd.cDepthBits = 16;
    pfd.iLayerType = PFD_MAIN_PLANE;
    iFormat = ChoosePixelFormat( *hDC, &pfd );
    SetPixelFormat( *hDC, iFormat, &pfd );

    *hRC = wglCreateContext( *hDC );
    wglMakeCurrent( *hDC, *hRC );
}


All this shows is a black screen even though it should be a blue screen because of glClearColor(0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0);

Any ideas why it is only showing a black screen?
Computergeek01 (5613)
We need to see more of your program. We don't know what order you're calling these functions in, if or when your lpfnWndProc callback is calling your "drawgame__()" function. I want to assume that hWnd is global, but why then are you passing it into your "EnableOpenGL()" function? There are a few more confusing things that need to be cleared up.
Callum5042 (183)
I believe when you use glClearColor(0.0,0.0,1.0,1.0); it using RGBA try putting alpha to 0.0
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