Turbo C Graphics - setlinestyle function

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setlinestyle function is used to set the linestyle and it accepts 3 parameters as input. The first one is the line style it can be SOLID_LINE, DOTTED_LINE, CENTER_LINE, DASHED_LINE or USERBIT_LINE. The 2nd argument is to use the user bit pattern and the last one is line thickness it can be 1 pixel or 3 pixel wide.

 

getlinesettings function is used to get the values set by setlinestyle function. It takes the address of the struct linesettingstype as input and fills the struct on its return.

 

I have used DASHED_LINE and DOTTED_LINE in the given sample. You can see the output screen where two diagonal lines are drawn in a small square box.

 

      // SOLID_LINE, DOTTED_LINE, CENTER_LINE, DASHED_LINE, USERBIT_LINE

      setlinestyle(DASHED_LINE, 1, 1);

      line(left + 20, top + 20, left + 70, top + 70);

      setlinestyle(DOTTED_LINE, 1, 3);

      line(left + 70, top + 20, left + 20, top + 70);

      getlinesettings(&lstype);

 

      sprintf(msg, "linestyle: %d thickness: %d getx : %d, gety: %d",       lstype.linestyle, lstype.thickness, getx(), gety());

 

 

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Source Code

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#include <graphics.h>

#include <stdio.h>

#include <math.h>

#include <conio.h>

#include <dos.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

 

int InitGraphics()

{

      int grd, grm;

      int gresult;

      // Detect the graphics driver and mode

      detectgraph(&grd,&grm);

      // initialize the graphics mode with initgraph

      initgraph(&grd, &grm, "");

 

      gresult = graphresult();

      if(gresult != grOk)

      {

            printf(grapherrormsg(gresult));

            getch();

            return -1;

      }

 

      // set the background color

      setbkcolor(RED);

      // set the foreground color

      setcolor(WHITE);

      // draw a white color border with rectangle

      rectangle(0,0,getmaxx(),getmaxy());

      return 1;

}

 

void main()

{

      int i, x, y, w;

      int left,top,right,bottom;

      int margin, width, height;

      int cx, cy;

      char msg[512];

      unsigned char patternbuffer[8];

      unsigned char upattern_solid[8] = { 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF };

      unsigned char upattern[8] = {  0xAA, 0x55, 0xAA, 0x55, 0xAA, 0x55, 0xAA, 0x55 };

      struct fillsettingstype fstype;

      struct linesettingstype lstype;

 

      if(InitGraphics() == -1)

            return;

 

      margin = 100; // 100 pixel margin

      left = margin;

      top = margin;

      bottom = getmaxy() - margin;

      right = getmaxx() - margin;

 

      // draw a bar with user defined solid fill on blue color

      // use rectangle to have a white color border

      setfillstyle(SOLID_FILL, WHITE);

      setfillpattern(upattern_solid, BLUE);

      getfillpattern(patternbuffer);

      getfillsettings(&fstype);

      sprintf(msg, "pattern id: %d color: %d buffer: %d", fstype.pattern, fstype.color, patternbuffer[0]);

      bar(left, top, right, bottom);

      rectangle(left, top, right, bottom);

 

      //another inner rectangle drawn with the use of moveto and lineto functions

      setcolor(YELLOW);

      moveto(left + 5, top + 5);

      lineto(right - 5, top + 5);

      lineto(right - 5, bottom - 5);

      lineto(left + 5, bottom - 5);

      lineto(left + 5, top + 5);

 

      //another inner square drawn with the use of moverel and linerel functions

      setcolor(WHITE);

      moveto(left, top);

      moverel(20, 20);

      linerel(50, 0);

      linerel(0, 50);

      linerel(-50, 0);

      linerel(0, -50);

 

      // draw two lines by crossing above square

      // SOLID_LINE, DOTTED_LINE, CENTER_LINE, DASHED_LINE, USERBIT_LINE

      setlinestyle(DASHED_LINE, 1, 1);

      line(left + 20, top + 20, left + 70, top + 70);

      setlinestyle(DOTTED_LINE, 1, 3);

      line(left + 70, top + 20, left + 20, top + 70);

      getlinesettings(&lstype);

 

      // find the text width and text height

      width = textwidth(msg);

      height = textheight(msg);

      // calculate the right and bottom with margin and getmaxx and getmaxy function

 

      // change the text foreground color to yellow

      setcolor(YELLOW);

      cx = (right + left - width) / 2;

      cy = (bottom + top - height) / 2;

      settextstyle(DEFAULT_FONT, HORIZ_DIR, 1);

      outtextxy(cx,cy,msg);

 

      setcolor(WHITE);

      moveto(100, 100);

      sprintf(msg, "linestyle: %d thickness: %d getx : %d, gety: %d", lstype.linestyle, lstype.thickness, getx(), gety());

      width = textwidth(msg);

      cx = (right + left - width) / 2;

      cy += textheight(msg) + 10;;

 

      // use moveto and outtext function instead of outtextxy

      moveto(cx, cy);

      outtext(msg);

 

      getch();

      closegraph();

}

 

Output

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