Actually thi is a very good idea!
I'm going to try it right away!
Chris
At 10:26 PM 1/26/2000 , you wrote:
>I'd suggest drawing from the edge to the center.
>That is, determine each pixel that makes up the
>edge of the arc, then draw from it to the center.
>
>If you draw from the center, I am imagining some
>sort of code that steps through degrees, or fractions
>of degrees, and depending upon the diameter of the
>circle of which the wedge is a part, any fraction
>of a degree you use may still result in some
>non-filled pixels towards the edge of the wedge.
>
>--
>-Richard M. Hartman
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>
>186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 11:10 AM
> > To: Palm Developer Forum
> > Subject: Re: Color and Fill function
> >
> >
> > Yes, flood fill, I was missing the term. I thought about it a
> > bit more and
> > will just do "arc fill" that means that to draw a pie wedge
> > of a certain
> > color, I'll just draw many lines of that color from the
> > center to the outer
> > limits of the pie throughout the angle of the wedge.
> >
> > It seems like overkill to do a rectangle fill of a pie wedge,
> > at least to
> > me that sounds pretty complicated!
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > At 06:21 PM 1/26/2000 , you wrote:
> > >At 1:54 PM +0100 25-01-00, Christian Vandendorpe wrote:
> > > >I'm in the process of adding pie charts to my program.
> > This would look very
> > > >cool with color! Only problem is that there is no fill
> > function in the OS.
> > >
> > >You mean no 'flood fill' I think. You can fill rectangles
> > easily enough...
> > >
> > >We did think about putting this in, but didn't have the time
> > and resources
> > >to do it. I think we'd be more likely to do filled polygons
> > before flood
> > >fill, by the way, but I think filled polygons will get you
> > pretty close to
> > >pie wedges.
> > >
> > >If you do get this done yourself, please share the code!
> > >
> > > --Bob
> > >
> > >
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