windows api Path Functions

Path Functions

The following functions are used to create, alter, or draw paths.

Function Description

AbortPath	Closes and discards any paths in the specified device context.
BeginPath	Opens a path bracket in the specified device context.
CloseFigure	Closes an open figure in a path.
EndPath	Closes a path bracket and selects the path defined by the bracket into the specified device context.
FillPath	Closes any open figures in the current path and fills the path's interior by using the current brush and polygon-filling mode.
FlattenPath	Transforms any curves in the path that is selected into the current device context (DC), turning each curve into a sequence of lines.
GetMiterLimit	Retrieves the miter limit for the specified device context.
GetPath	Retrieves the coordinates defining the endpoints of lines and the control points of curves found in the path that is selected into the specified device context.
PathToRegion	Creates a region from the path that is selected into the specified device context.
SetMiterLimit	Sets the limit for the length of miter joins for the specified device context.
StrokeAndFillPath	Closes any open figures in a path, strokes the outline of the path by using the current pen, and fills its interior by using the current brush.
StrokePath	Renders the specified path by using the current pen.
WidenPath	Redefines the current path as the area that would be painted if the path were stroked using the pen currently selected into the given device context.