DashStyle enumeration (gdiplusenums.h)

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The DashStyle enumeration specifies the line style of a line drawn with a Windows GDI+ pen. The line can be drawn by using one of several predefined styles or a custom style.

Syntax

typedef enum DashStyle {
  DashStyleSolid,
  DashStyleDash,
  DashStyleDot,
  DashStyleDashDot,
  DashStyleDashDotDot,
  DashStyleCustom
} ;

Constants

 
DashStyleSolid
Specifies a solid line.
DashStyleDash
Specifies a dashed line.
DashStyleDot
Specifies a dotted line.
DashStyleDashDot
Specifies an alternating dash-dot line.
DashStyleDashDotDot
Specifies an alternating dash-dot-dot line.
DashStyleCustom
Specifies a user-defined, custom dashed line.

Remarks

A custom dashed line is created by calling the Pen::SetDashPattern method, which takes an array of values for the dash lengths and the space lengths.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header gdiplusenums.h (include Gdiplus.h)