setfillstyle

This function is used to set current device fill style.

void setfillstyle(
	FILLSTYLE* pstyle
);

void setfillstyle(
	int style,
	long hatch = NULL,
	IMAGE* ppattern = NULL
);

void setfillstyle(
	BYTE* ppattern8x8
);

Parameters

pstyle

A pointer to fill the style FILL FILLSTYLE.

style

Specify the fill style. Can be the following macro or value:

hatch

Specifies a hatch pattern, which is only valid if the style is BS-HATCHED. The color of the fill pattern is set by the function setfillcolor, and the background area is set by the function setbkmode using the background color or by the function setbkmode. The hatch parameter can be the following macro or value:

Macro	Value	Description
HS_HORIZONTAL	0
HS_VERTICAL	1
HS_FDIAGONAL	2
HS_BDIAGONAL	3
HS_CROSS	4
HS_DIAGCROSS	5

ppattern

Specify a custom hatch pattern or image, only valid if the style is BS-PATTERN or BS-DIBPATTERN.

When the style is BS-PATTERN, the IMAGE object that the ppattern points to represents a custom hatch pattern, and black (BLACK) in image corresponds to the background area, and non-black corresponds to the pattern area. The color of the pattern area is set by the function settextcolor.

When style is BS-DIBPATTERN, the IMAGE object that the ppattern points to represents a custom fill image, which is populated by the fill unit.

ppattern8x8

Specify a custom hatch pattern that works the same as BS-PATTERN, which defines the hatch pattern for the 8 x 8 area with an BYTE8 array. In the array, each element represents a row of styles, and the BYTE type has 8 bits, representing the state of each point from left to low, which makes up 8 x 8 fill cells that flatten the fill unit to implement the fill. The corresponding binary bit is 0 for the background area and 1 for the pattern area.

Return Value

None

Examples

The following snippet sets solid padding:

setfillstyle(BS_SOLID);

The following snippet sets the fill pattern as slash fill:

setfillstyle(BS_HATCHED, HS_BDIAGONAL);

The following snippet sets a custom image fill (a fill image specified by res\bk.jpg):

IMAGE img;
loadimage(&img, _T("res\\bk.jpg"));
setfillstyle(BS_DIBPATTERN, NULL, &img);

The following full code sets a custom fill pattern (small rectangle fill) and fills a triangle with that pattern:

#include <conio.h>
#include <graphics.h>

int main()
{
	// Create a drawing windo
	initgraph(640, 480);

	// Define a fill unit
	IMAGE img(10, 8);

	// Draw a fill unit
	SetWorkingImage(&img);	// Set the drawing target to an img object.
	setbkcolor(BLACK);		// Black area is background color
	cleardevice();
	setfillcolor(WHITE);	// White area is a custom color
	solidrectangle(1, 1, 8, 5);
	SetWorkingImage(NULL);	// Recovery drawing target is the default graphics window

	// Set the fill style as a custom fill pattern
	setfillstyle(BS_PATTERN, NULL, &img);

	// Set the fill color of a custom pattern
	settextcolor(GREEN);

	// Draw borderless fill triangles
	POINT pts[] = { {50, 50}, {50, 200}, {300, 50} };
	solidpolygon(pts, 3);

	// Press any key to exit
	_getch();
	closegraph();
}

The following snippet sets a custom fill pattern (circular hatch):

setfillstyle((BYTE*)"\x3e\x41\x80\x80\x80\x80\x80\x41");

The following snippet sets a custom fill pattern (thin slash clip thick slash pattern fill):

setfillstyle((BYTE*)"\x5a\x2d\x96\x4b\xa5\xd2\x69\xb4");