PrintLine

Description

Draws a line of a specified thickness between the specified endpoints on the current print page.

Syntax

PrintLine ( printjobnumber, x1, y1, x2, y2, thickness )

Argument

Description

printjobnumber

The number the PrintOpen function assigned to the print job

x1

An integer specifying the x coordinate in thousandths of an inch of the start of the line

y1

An integer specifying the y coordinate in thousandths of an inch of the start of the line

x2

An integer specifying the x coordinate in thousandths of an inch of the end of the line

y2

An integer specifying the y coordinate in thousandths of an inch of the end of the line

thickness

An integer specifying the thickness of the line in thousandths of an inch


Return value

Integer. Returns 1 if it succeeds and -1 if an error occurs. If any argument's value is null, PrintLine returns null.

Usage

PrintLine does not change the position of the print cursor, which remains where it was before the function was called.

Examples

These statements start a new page in a print job and then print a line starting at 0,5 and ending at 7500,5 with a thickness of 10/1000 of an inch:

long Job
Job = PrintOpen( )
... // various print commands
// Start a new page.
PrintPage(Job)
// Print a line at the top of the page
PrintLine(Job,0,5,7500,5,10)
... // Other printing
PrintClose(Job)

See also

PrintBitmap

PrintClose

PrintOpen

PrintOval

PrintRect

PrintRoundRect