Pen.Style
Description
The style of the line or the outline of a graphic
control.
In the painter
Pen Style on the General page in the Properties view.
Value
Values are:
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0—Solid
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1—Dash
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2—Dotted
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3—Dash-dot pattern
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4—Dash-dot-dot pattern
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5—Null (no visible line)
Example
In this example, statements check the employee’s start date to
see if the month is the current month or the month following the
current month. Properties of a rectangle control placed behind the row
of data are changed to highlight employees with months of hire that
match the current month or the month following the current
month.
The Design view includes columns of data and a rectangle behind
the data. The rectangle has been changed to black in the following
picture to make it stand out:
The following statement is for the Pen.Color property of the
line around the edge of the rectangle. If the month of the start date
matches the current month or the next one, Pen.Color is set to light
gray. If not, it is set to white, which means it will not show:
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If(month( start_date ) = month(today()) or month( start_date ) = month(today())+1 or (month(today()) = 12 and month(start_date)=1), 12632256, 16777215) |
The following statement is for the Pen.Style property of the
rectangle. If the month of the start date matches the current month or
the next one, Pen.Style is set to Solid. If not, it is set to NULL,
which means it will not show:
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If(month( start_date ) = month(today()) or month( start_date ) = month(today())+1 or (month(today()) = 12 and month(start_date)=1), 0, 5) |
Expressions are also defined for Brush.Color and
Brush.Hatch.
For more about these properties, see Brush.Color and Brush.Hatch.
The following is a portion of the resulting DataWindow object. A
rectangle with light gray cross-hatching highlights employees whose
reviews are due soon. The line enclosing the rectangle is Light Gray
and uses the pen style Solid:
