The LOGBRUSH structure defines the style, color, and pattern of a physical brush to be created by using the CreateBrushIndirect function.
typedef struct tagLOGBRUSH {
WORD lbStyle;
COLORREF lbColor;
short int lbHatch;
} LOGBRUSH;
The LOGBRUSH structure has the following fields:
| Field | Description | ||
| lbStyle | Specifies the brush style. The lbStyle field can be any one of the following styles: | ||
| Style | Meaning | ||
| BS_DIBPATTERN | Specifies a pattern brush defined by a device-independent bitmap (DIB) specification. | ||
| BS_HATCHED | Specifies a hatched brush. | ||
| BS_HOLLOW | Specifies a hollow brush. | ||
| BS_PATTERN | Specifies a pattern brush defined by a memory bitmap. | ||
| BS_SOLID | Specifies a solid brush. | ||
| lbColor | Specifies the color in which the brush is to be drawn. If lbStyle is BS_HOLLOW or BS_PATTERN, lbColor is ignored. | ||
| If lpStyle is BS_DIBPATTERN, the low-order word of lbColor specifies whether the bmiColors fields of the BITMAPINFO data structure contain explicit RGB values or indexes into the currently realized logical palette. The lbColor field must be one of the following values: | |||
| Value | Meaning | ||
| DIB_PAL_COLORS | The color table consists of an array of 16-bit indexes into the currently realized logical palette. | ||
| DIB_RGB_COLORS | The color table contains literal RGB values. | ||
| lbHatch | Specifies a hatch style. The meaning depends on the brush style. | ||
| If lbStyle is BS_DIBPATTERN, the lbHatch field contains a handle to a packed DIB. To obtain this handle, an application calls the GlobalAlloc function to allocate a block of global memory and then fills the memory with the packed DIB. A packed DIB consists of a BITMAPINFO data structure immediately followed by the array of bytes which define the pixels of the bitmap. | |||
| If lbStyle is BS_HATCHED, the lbHatch field specifies the orientation of the lines used to create the hatch. It can be any one of the following values: | |||
| Value | Meaning | ||
| HS_BDIAGONAL | 45-degree upward hatch (left to right) | ||
| HS_CROSS | Horizontal and vertical crosshatch | ||
| Value | Meaning | ||
| HS_DIAGCROSS | 45-degree crosshatch | ||
| HS_FDIAGONAL | 45-degree downward hatch (left to right) | ||
| HS_HORIZONTAL | Horizontal hatch | ||
| HS_VERTICAL | Vertical hatch | ||
| If lbStyle is BS_PATTERN, lbHatch must be a handle to the bitmap that defines the pattern. | |||
| If lbStyle is BS_SOLID or BS_HOLLOW, lbHatch is ignored. | |||
The CreateBrushIndirect function in Chapter 4, “Functions Directory.”