Pen tool filling problems

Hello!
Who can help me out. I'm a CS2 user and want to use the pen tool to create an object. Thats a piece of cake but then I like to fill the object with lines, crosses or something like that. Only I'm not capable of finding that kind of fillings. With this link you can find a example of the filling i'm searching for: (it shows that you can select the filling separately from the object.)
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/2377/49610002wl9.jpg
Thanks
Maarten (netherlands)

One quick way would be to make the pattern (or find one) and use a copy of your shape as a clipping mask. Or, if the pattern is vector art, you could use the Shape Modes under Pathfinder to actually cut the pattern to the size and shape of your object.

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