Specifies the pen’s draw mode.
Declaration
TPenObj.Mode
| Read-Write Property |
String |
Description
The Mode property specifies the draw mode of the pen represented by the given TPen object. It specifies how the pen modifies the background color of the canvas that it is drawing on.
Property Value
One of the following string values:
“pmBlack” |
The pen lines and canvas background are always black. |
“pmWhite” |
The pen lines and canvas background are always black. |
“pmNop” |
The pen lines are not drawn. |
“pmNot” |
The canvas’s background color is inversed. |
“pmCopy” |
The pen lines' color is specified by the Color property. |
“pmNotCopy” |
The pen lines' color is inversed. |
“pmMergePenNot” |
The resulting pen color is the combination (logical OR) of the pen color and the inversed color of the canvas background. |
“pmMaskPenNot” |
The resulting pen color is the combination (logical AND) of the pen color and the inversed color of the canvas background. |
“pmMergeNotPen” |
The resulting pen color is the combination (logical OR) of the inversed pen color and the canvas background color. |
“pmMaskNotPen” |
The resulting pen color is the combination (logical AND) of the inversed pen color and the canvas background color. |
“pmMerge” |
The resulting pen color is the combination (logical OR) of the pen color and the canvas background color. |
“pmNotMerge” |
Inverse of “pmMerge”. The resulting pen color is the inverse of a combination (logical OR) of the pen color and the canvas background color. |
“pmMask” |
The resulting pen color is the combination (logical AND) of the pen color and the canvas background color. |
“pmNotMask” |
Inverse of “pmMask”. The resulting pen color is the inverse of a combination (logical AND) of the pen color and the canvas background color. |
“pmXor” |
The resulting pen color is the combination (logical XOR) of colors present in the pen color or in the canvas background color, but not in both. |
“pmNotXor” |
Inverse of “pmXor”. The resulting pen color is the inverse of the combination (logical XOR) of colors present in the pen color or in the canvas background color, but not in both. |
See Also
TPen.Color
TPen.Width
TPen.Style