temHatch</CODE>
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SH_BRICK. To use a user-defined bitmap pattern, pass <CODE>
PatternType</CODE>
 PT_USER_BITMAP and the number of the pattern. If you pass an invalid pattern (requesting a user hatch pattern when the user hasn't defined one, for instance), the area or text will be filled solid.</P>
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Applications may define their own patterns. Before adding custom patterns to an application, consider whether such an action is really necessary