10-06-2011
The first field is the username. The fifth field amounts to a title, and isn't really used that much. Some UNIX systems occasionally use it for special purposes.
The username is supposed to be all lowercase letters, digits, or underscores, no spaces or anything else, so a more descriptive name to attach to a user can be useful sometimes.
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printer_select_brush
PRINTER_SELECT_BRUSH(3) 1 PRINTER_SELECT_BRUSH(3)
printer_select_brush - Select a brush
SYNOPSIS
void printer_select_brush (resource $printer_handle, resource $brush_handle)
DESCRIPTION
The function selects a brush as the active drawing object of the actual device context. A brush is used to fill shapes. If you draw an
rectangle the brush is used to draw the shapes, while the pen is used to draw the border.
If you haven't selected a brush before drawing shapes, the shape won't be filled.
PARAMETERS
o $printer_handle
-$printer_handle must be a valid printer handle.
o $brush_handle
-$brush_handle must be a valid brush handle.
RETURN VALUES
No value is returned.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
printer_select_brush(3) example
<?php
$handle = printer_open();
printer_start_doc($handle, "My Document");
printer_start_page($handle);
$pen = printer_create_pen(PRINTER_PEN_SOLID, 2, "000000");
printer_select_pen($handle, $pen);
$brush = printer_create_brush(PRINTER_BRUSH_CUSTOM, "c:\brush.bmp");
printer_select_brush($handle, $brush);
printer_draw_rectangle($handle, 1, 1, 500, 500);
printer_delete_brush($brush);
$brush = printer_create_brush(PRINTER_BRUSH_SOLID, "000000");
printer_select_brush($handle, $brush);
printer_draw_rectangle($handle, 1, 501, 500, 1001);
printer_delete_brush($brush);
printer_delete_pen($pen);
printer_end_page($handle);
printer_end_doc($handle);
printer_close($handle);
?>
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