Graphics 2D path question

[Damien Sawyer]

Hi,

I am creating a control. The control needs to be non-rectangular.

I am creating a graphics path and then adding two overlapping ellipses
to it using the addEllipse method.

I then set this.region ('this' being the control) to a new region,
passing my graphicspath object into the region constructor. This clips
the control to be non-rectangular.

The problem is that, when I add the second ellipse to the path, the
area where the two ellipses overlap is 'negated' or 'toggled'. That
is, I have a huge hole in the middle of my region!

I basically am asking how I create a path that is the UNION of the two
ellipses.
This has been driving me nuts, so thanks in advance!

Damien Sawyer

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

When you create the GraphicsPath use the parameterized constructor and selet
the Winding fill-mode.

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"Damien Sawyer" <da**********@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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Hi,

I am creating a control. The control needs to be non-rectangular.

I am creating a graphics path and then adding two overlapping ellipses
to it using the addEllipse method.

I then set this.region ('this' being the control) to a new region,
passing my graphicspath object into the region constructor. This clips
the control to be non-rectangular.

The problem is that, when I add the second ellipse to the path, the
area where the two ellipses overlap is 'negated' or 'toggled'. That
is, I have a huge hole in the middle of my region!

I basically am asking how I create a path that is the UNION of the two
ellipses.
This has been driving me nuts, so thanks in advance!

Damien Sawyer

[Stoitcho Goutsev \(100\) [C# MVP]]

Hi Demien,

If fill mode doesn't wwork for you why don't you just use Region class'
Interesect method. Create two elliptical regions and intersect them or
something in this line.

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Stoitcho Goutsev (100) [C# MVP]
"Damien Sawyer" <da**********@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:d8**************************@posting.google.c om...

Hi,

I am creating a control. The control needs to be non-rectangular.

I am creating a graphics path and then adding two overlapping ellipses
to it using the addEllipse method.

I then set this.region ('this' being the control) to a new region,
passing my graphicspath object into the region constructor. This clips
the control to be non-rectangular.

The problem is that, when I add the second ellipse to the path, the
area where the two ellipses overlap is 'negated' or 'toggled'. That
is, I have a huge hole in the middle of my region!

I basically am asking how I create a path that is the UNION of the two
ellipses.
This has been driving me nuts, so thanks in advance!

Damien Sawyer

[Damien Sawyer]

Thanks for that guys!

I used the fillmode.winding enum in the constructor and it worked
perfectly. The suggestion of unioning regions is an excellent one as
well. I'll have a look into that for future things.
Once again, thanks!! :-)

DS

[Stoitcho Goutsev \(100\) [C# MVP]]

Hi Damien,

I suggested using regions because they are more apporpriate for that
purpose.
The idea is that a region defines an area. That's why operations sucha as
union and intersection are defined for them. The path, how the name
sauggests, is an outline. Even though paths can be filled hit tested in
other words can be a repalcement of regions they cannot be combined in the
same way as regions.

However, I have heard that .NET implemtation of regions is bad. It has
memory leaks and so on. So be carefull. Hopefully in the next version it
will be fixed.

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HTH
Stoitcho Goutsev (100) [C# MVP]
"Damien Sawyer" <da**********@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:d8**************************@posting.google.c om...

Thanks for that guys!

I used the fillmode.winding enum in the constructor and it worked
perfectly. The suggestion of unioning regions is an excellent one as
well. I'll have a look into that for future things.
Once again, thanks!! :-)

DS