Printer functions

printer_open
printer_abort
printer_close
printer_write
printer_list
printer_set_option
printer_get_option
printer_create_dc
printer_delete_dc
printer_start_doc
printer_end_doc
printer_start_page
printer_end_page
printer_create_pen
printer_delete_pen
printer_select_pen
printer_create_brush
printer_delete_brush
printer_select_brush
printer_create_font
printer_delete_font
printer_select_font
printer_logical_fontheight
printer_draw_roundrect
printer_draw_rectangle
printer_draw_elipse
printer_draw_text
printer_draw_line
printer_draw_chord
printer_draw_pie
printer_draw_bmp

6.80.17 printer_create_brush

Description

mixed printer_create_brush(int style ,string color )

The function creates a new brush and returns a handle to it. A brush is used to fill shapes. For an example see printer_select_brush. color must be a color in RGB hex format, i.e. "000000" for black, style must be one of the following constants:@:

• PRINTER_BRUSH_SOLID:@: creates a brush with a solid color.

• PRINTER_BRUSH_DIAGONAL:@: creates a brush with a 45-degree upward left-to-right hatch ( / ).

• PRINTER_BRUSH_CROSS:@: creates a brush with a cross hatch ( + ).

• PRINTER_BRUSH_DIAGCROSS:@: creates a brush with a 45 cross hatch ( x ).

• PRINTER_BRUSH_FDIAGONAL:@: creates a brush with a 45-degree downward left-to-right hatch ( ).

• PRINTER_BRUSH_HORIZONTAL:@: creates a brush with a horizontal hatch ( - ).

• PRINTER_BRUSH_VERTICAL:@: creates a brush with a vertical hatch ( | ).

• PRINTER_BRUSH_CUSTOM:@: creates a custom brush from an BMP file. The second parameter is used to specify the BMP instead of the RGB color code.