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LINE Draw Line or Box
LINE [[STEP] (x1,y1)] - [STEP] (x2,y2) [,[color] [,B[F]]] [,style]
Draws a line or a box at specified coordinates, in a specified color.
STEP If included, coordinates are relative to last graphics
point referenced. If omitted, coordinates are absolute.
x1,y1 If ,B option is used, x1,y1 and x2,y2 are corner
x2,y2 coordinates of a rectangular box; otherwise x1,y1 and
x2,y2 are end points of a line.
color Specifies color to use . Defaults to 3 in medium
resolution, 1 in high resolution.
B Tells BASIC to draw a rectangular box instead of a line.
F Tells BASIC to fill the box.
style Allows you to draw a broken (dashed) line or box (see
below).
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Notes: If STEP is included with x2,y2 but not x1,y1, then x2 and
y2 are measured relative to the absolute coordinate pair
(x1,y1).
QuickBASIC treats style as a 16-bit integer mask, plotting
the 1 bits and skipping the 0 bits, and repeating the
pattern as many times as necessary to create the specified
line. Thus a style value of 43690 (AAAAh,
1010101010101010b) would produce an evenly dotted line or
box, with every other pixel plotted. Note that QuickBASIC
ignores the "off" pixels; it does not plot them in the
background color.
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