drawFillStyle

Type: Integer

Availability: Read or write at run time only

The drawFillStyle property of the Printer class contains the pattern used to fill the shapes drawn with the printer graphics methods.

When the drawFillStyle property is set to DrawFillStyle_Transparent (1), the drawFillColor property is ignored.

The settings of the drawFillStyle property are listed in the following table.

Printer Class Constant Value Description
DrawFillStyle_Cross 6 Cross
DrawFillStyle_DiagonalCross 7 Diagonal cross
DrawFillStyle_DownDiagonal 5 Downward diagonal
DrawFillStyle_HorzLine 2 Horizontal line
DrawFillStyle_Solid 0 Solid (the default)
DrawFillStyle_Transparent 1 Transparent
DrawFillStyle_UpDiagonal 4 Upward diagonal
DrawFillStyle_VertLine 3 Vertical line

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.