# CanvasSetPenPosition

int CanvasSetPenPosition (int panelHandle, int controlID, Point point);

## Purpose

Sets the position of the canvas pen.

CanvasDrawLineTo is the only canvas drawing function that uses the pen position.

## Parameters

Input
Name | Type | Description
panelHandle | integer | Specifier for a particular panel that is currently in memory. You obtain this handle from LoadPanel, NewPanel, or DuplicatePanel.
controlID | integer | The defined constant, located in the .uir header file, that you assigned to the control in the User Interface Editor, or the ID returned by NewCtrl or DuplicateCtrl.
point | Point | Point structure that specifies the new position of the canvas pen. The Point structure is defined as follows. typedef struct { int x; int y; } Point; You can create a Point without having to declare a variable by using the following function: Point MakePoint (int x, int y); Example CanvasSetPenPosition (panelHandle, controlID, MakePoint (20, 30));

## Return Value

Name | Type | Description
status | integer | Return value indicating whether the function was successful. A negative number indicates that an error occurred.
Code | Error Message String
xx | Success