TPen.Mode property

Declaration

property Mode: default pmCopy;

Description

Mode is a TFPPenMode property which contains the pen mode used in the class instance. A pen mode indicates the raster operation performed to combine the pen color with existing pixels in the destination bitmap. Mode can contain any of the values:

pmBlack

Pixels affected by the pen are always set to black.

pmWhite

Pixels affected by the pen are always set to white.

pmNop

Pixels affected by the pen are unchanged.

pmNot

Pixels affected by the pen are set to the inverse for the current color.

pmCopy

Pixels affected by the pen are set to the pen color.

pmNotCopy

Pixels affected by the pen are set to the inverse of the pen color.

pmMergePenNot

Pixels affected by the pen are set to a combination of the pen color and the inverse of the pixel color.

pmMaskPenNot

Pixels affected by the pen are set to colors common to both the pen and the inverse of the pixel color.

pmMergeNotPen

Pixels affected by the pen are set to a combination of the pen color and the inverse of the pixel color.

pmMaskNotPen

Pixels affected by the pen are set to a combination of the colors common to the inverse of the pen color and the current pixel color.

pmMerge

Pixels affected by the pen are set to a combination of the pen color and the current pixel color.

pmNotMerge

Pixels affected by the pen are set to the inverse of the color derived using pmMerge pen mode.

pmMask

Pixels affected by the pen are set a combination of the colors common to the pen color and the current pixel color.

pmNotMask

Pixels affected by the pen are set to the inverse of the color for pmMask pen mode.

pmXor

Pixels affected by the pen are set to a combination of the pen color and the current pixel color, but not both.

pmNotXor

Pixels affected by the pen are set to the inverse of the color using pmXor pen mode.

The default value for the property is pmCopy.