drawFilledRectangle

drawFilledRectangle(x1:    Integer;
                    y1:    Integer;
                    x2:    Integer;
                    y2:    Integer;
                    color: Integer);

The drawFilledRectangle method of the Printer class draws a rectangle on the printer page, by using a colored pen the width of the drawWidth property and the style of the drawStyle property.

The figure is filled by using the color and style of the drawFillColor and drawFillStyle properties of the object.

An exception is raised if this method is invoked from a server method.

The drawFilledRectangle method parameters are listed in the following table.

Parameter Description
x1, y1 Left and top points of the rectangle
x2, y2 Right and bottom points of the rectangle
color Color of the pen used

All of the positional values are relative to the left and top margins, and need not lie within the page. If the width or the height of the rectangle is zero (0), the rectangle is not drawn.

As the figure drawn by this method extends up to but does not include the right and bottom coordinate, the height of the figure is y2 through y1, and the width is x2 through x1. The width and the height of a rectangle must be in the range 2 units through 32,767 units.

This method causes the header frame to be printed if the method is called at the start of a new page. The method has no subsequent affect on the current print position. To draw an unfilled rectangle, use the drawRectangle method or set the drawFillStyle property to DrawFillStyle_Transparent (1).

For details about placing output directly on a printer page at any location without the use of frames and drawing rotated text and characters, see "Free-Format Printing", later in this chapter.