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Report.FillStyle property (Access)

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Use the FillStyle property to specify whether a circle or line drawn by the Circle or Line method on a report is transparent, opaque, or filled with a pattern. Read/write Integer.

Syntax

expression.FillStyle

expression A variable that represents a Report object.

Remarks

The FillStyle property uses the following settings.

Setting Description
0 Opaque
1 (Default) Transparent
2 Horizontal Line
3 Vertical Line
4 Upward Diagonal
5 Downward Diagonal
6 Cross
7 Diagonal Cross

Note

You can set the FillStyle property in an event procedure specified by a section's OnPrint property setting.

When the FillStyle property is set to 0, a circle or line has the color set by the FillColor property. When the FillStyle property is set to 1, the interior of the circle or line is transparent and has the color of the report behind it.

To use the FillStyle property, the SpecialEffect property must be set to Normal.

The following example uses the Circle method to draw a circle and create a pie slice within the circle. It then uses the FillColor and FillStyle properties to color the pie slice red. It also draws a line from the upper-left to the center of the circle.

Example

To try this example in Microsoft Access, create a new report. Set the OnPrint property of the Detail section to [Event Procedure]. Enter the following code in the report's module, and then switch to Print Preview.

Private Sub Detail_Print(Cancel As Integer, PrintCount As Integer) 
 
 Const conPI = 3.14159265359 
 
 Dim sngHCtr As Single 
 Dim sngVCtr As Single 
 Dim sngRadius As Single 
 Dim sngStart As Single 
 Dim sngEnd As Single 
 
 sngHCtr = Me.ScaleWidth / 2 ' Horizontal center. 
 sngVCtr = Me.ScaleHeight / 2 ' Vertical center. 
 sngRadius = Me.ScaleHeight / 3 ' Circle radius. 
 Me.Circle (sngHCtr, sngVCtr), sngRadius ' Draw circle. 
 sngStart = -0.00000001 ' Start of pie slice. 
 
 sngEnd = -2 * conPI / 3 ' End of pie slice. 
 Me.FillColor = RGB(255, 0, 0) ' Color pie slice red. 
 Me.FillStyle = 0 ' Fill pie slice. 
 
 ' Draw Pie slice within circle 
 Me.Circle (sngHCtr, sngVCtr), sngRadius, , sngStart, sngEnd 
 
 ' Draw line to center of circle. 
 Dim intColor As Integer 
 Dim sngTop As Single, sngLeft As Single 
 Dim sngWidth As Single, sngHeight As Single 
 
 Me.ScaleMode = 3 ' Set scale to pixels. 
 sngTop = Me.ScaleTop ' Top inside edge. 
 sngLeft = Me.ScaleLeft ' Left inside edge. 
 sngWidth = Me.ScaleWidth / 2 ' Width inside edge. 
 sngHeight = Me.ScaleHeight / 2 ' Height inside edge. 
 intColor = RGB(255, 0, 0) ' Make color red. 
 
 ' Draw line. 
 Me.Line (sngTop, sngLeft)-(sngWidth, sngHeight), intColor 
 
End Sub

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