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TCopymode type

In unit Graphics

Type used to represent canvas copy modes.

Declaration

pascal
TCopymode = LongInt

Description

TCopyMode is an alias for the LongInt type. TCopyMode is the type used to implement the CopyMode property in TCanvas. Normally contains a value defined in the copy mode constants:

cmBlackness
Fills the destination rectangle with the first color in the physical palette. (Black for the default palette).
cmDstInvert
Inverts colors in the destination rectangle.
cmMergeCopy
Merges colors from the source rectangle with the brush color.
cmMergePaint
Merges inverted colors from the source rectangle with the colors in the destination rectangle using an OR operation.
cmNotSrcCopy
Copies inverted colors from the source rectangle to the destination rectangle.
cmNotSrcErase
Combines the colors from the source and destination rectangles using an OR operation, and inverts the result.
cmPatCopy
Copies the brush into the destination rectangle.
cmPatInvert
Combines the brush colors with the colors in the destination rectangle using an XOR operation.
cmPatPaint
Combines the brush colors with the inverted colors from the source rectangle using an OR operation, and combines the result with the colors in the destination rectangle using an OR operation.
cmSrcAnd
Combines colors from the source and destination rectangles using an AND operation.
cmSrcCopy
Copies the source rectangle to the destination rectangle.
cmSrcErase
Combines the inverted colors in the destination rectangle with the colors from the source rectangle using an AND operation.
cmSrcInvert
Combines the colors in the source and destination rectangles using an XOR operation.
cmSrcPaint
Combines the colors in the source and destination rectangles using an OR operation.
cmWhiteness
Fills the destination rectangle using the second color in the physical palette. (White for the default palette).

The default value for the propriety is cmSrcCopy.

Copy mode constants are omitted for the CAPTUREBLT and NOMIRRORBITMAP values used in the Windows GDI API.

See also

An experiment, built from Lazarus main 2dfa93c66e of 10-22-2026. Not the official Lazarus documentation.