Graphics.TPenMode Enumeration

TPenMode indicates how the color of a pen interacts with the color of a canvas.

Pascal

TPenMode = (
  pmBlack,
  pmWhite,
  pmNop,
  pmNot,
  pmCopy,
  pmNotCopy,
  pmMergePenNot,
  pmMaskPenNot,
  pmMergeNotPen,
  pmMaskNotPen,
  pmMerge,
  pmNotMerge,
  pmMask,
  pmNotMask,
  pmXor,
  pmNotXor
);

C++

enum TPenMode {
  pmBlack,
  pmWhite,
  pmNop,
  pmNot,
  pmCopy,
  pmNotCopy,
  pmMergePenNot,
  pmMaskPenNot,
  pmMergeNotPen,
  pmMaskNotPen,
  pmMerge,
  pmNotMerge,
  pmMask,
  pmNotMask,
  pmXor,
  pmNotXor
};

File

Graphics

Description

TPenMode indicates how a pen color interacts with the color of the canvas it is writing on. The following table lists the possible values:

Mode	Pixel color
pmBlack	Always black
pmWhite	Always white
pmNop	Unchanged
pmNot	Inverse of canvas background color
pmCopy	Pen color specified in Color property
pmNotCopy	Inverse of pen color
pmMergePenNot	Combination of pen color and inverse of canvas background
pmMaskPenNot	Combination of colors common to both pen and inverse of canvas background.
pmMergeNotPen	Combination of canvas background color and inverse of pen color
pmMaskNotPen	Combination of colors common to both canvas background and inverse of pen
pmMerge	Combination of pen color and canvas background color
pmNotMerge	Inverse of pmMerge: combination of pen color and canvas background color
pmMask	Combination of colors common to both pen and canvas background
pmNotMask	Inverse of pmMask: combination of colors common to both pen and canvas background
pmXor	Combination of colors in either pen or canvas background, but not both
pmNotXor	Inverse of pmXor: combination of colors in either pen or canvas background, but not both

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