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Constants and Data Types for the Vector Imaging System

Vector Pen Table Entry Structure

The vector pen table entry structure, of data type gxPenTableEntry, defines a single pen that is in a pen table used on a vector device.

struct gxPenTableEntry { 
   Str31      penName;
   gxColor    penColor;
   fixed      penThickness;
   short      penUnits;
   short      penPosition;
};
typedef struct gxPenTableEntry gxPenTableEntry;

Field Description

penName

The name of the pen that this structure describes.

penColor

The color of this pen. This color matches one of the entries in the color set for this device.

penThickness

The size of this pen.

penUnits

The units that define the penThickness value, as described in the next section.

penPosition

The position of this pen in the devices's pen carousel. If the pen is not loaded, it is set to the value kPenNotLoaded (-1).

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