Common Properties and Methods of Canvas

The following table lists the commonly used properties of the Canvas object.

Common properties of the Canvas object

Properties	Descriptions
Font	Specifies the font to use when writing text on the image. Set the properties of the TFont object to specify the font face, color, size, and style of the font.
Brush	Determines the color and pattern the canvas uses for filling graphical shapes and backgrounds. Set the properties of the TBrush object to specify the color and pattern or bitmap to use when filling in spaces on the canvas.
Pen	Specifies the kind of pen the canvas uses for drawing lines and outlining shapes. Set the properties of the TPen object to specify the color, style, width, and mode of the pen.
PenPos	Specifies the current drawing position of the pen.
Pixels	Specifies the color of the area of pixels within the current ClipRect.

These properties are described in more detail in Using the properties of the Canvas object.

Here is a list of several methods you can use:

Common methods of the Canvas object

Method	Descriptions
Arc	Draws an arc on the image along the perimeter of the ellipse bounded by the specified rectangle.
Chord	Draws a closed figure represented by the intersection of a line and an ellipse.
CopyRect	Copies part of an image from another canvas into the canvas.
Draw	Renders the graphic object specified by the Graphic parameter on the canvas at the location given by the coordinates (X, Y).
Ellipse	Draws the ellipse defined by a bounding rectangle on the canvas.
FillRect	Fills the specified rectangle on the canvas using the current brush.
FloodFill (VCL only)	Fills an area of the canvas using the current brush.
FrameRect (VCL only)	Draws a rectangle using the Brush of the canvas to draw the border.
LineTo	Draws a line on the canvas from PenPos to the point specified by X and Y, and sets the pen position to (X, Y).
MoveTo	Changes the current drawing position to the point (X,Y).
Pie	Draws a pie-shaped the section of the ellipse bounded by the rectangle (X1, Y1) and (X2, Y2) on the canvas.
Polygon	Draws a series of lines on the canvas connecting the points passed in and closing the shape by drawing a line from the last point to the first point.
Polyline	Draws a series of lines on the canvas with the current pen, connecting each of the points passed to it in Points.
Rectangle	Draws a rectangle on the canvas with its upper left corner at the point (X1, Y1) and its lower right corner at the point (X2, Y2). Use Rectangle to draw a box using Pen and fill it using Brush.
RoundRect	Draws a rectangle with rounded corners on the canvas.
StretchDraw	Draws a graphic on the canvas so that the image fits in the specified rectangle. The graphic image may need to change its magnitude or aspect ratio to fit.
TextHeight, TextWidth	Returns the height and width, respectively, of a string in the current font. Height includes leading between lines.
TextOut	Writes a string on the canvas, starting at the point (X,Y), and then updates the PenPos to the end of the string.
TextRect	Writes a string inside a region; any portions of the string that fall outside the region do not appear.

These methods are described in more detail in Using Canvas methods to draw graphic objects.