drawEllipse

drawEllipse(x1:    Integer;
            y1:    Integer;
            x2:    Integer;
            y2:    Integer;
            color: Integer);

The drawEllipse method of the Printer class draws an ellipse on the printer page, by using a colored pen the width of the drawWidth property and the style of the drawStyle property.

The figure is filled by using the color and style of the drawFillColor and drawFillStyle properties. An exception is raised if this method is invoked from a server method.

The drawEllipse method parameters are listed in the following table.

Parameter	Description
x1, y1	Left and top points of the rectangle bounding the ellipse
x2, y2	Right and bottom points of the rectangle bounding the ellipse
color	Color of the pen used

All of the positional values are relative to the left and top margins, and need not lie within the page.

If the width or the height of the bounding rectangle is zero (0), the ellipse is not drawn.

As the figure drawn by this method extends up to but does not include the right and bottom coordinate, the height of the figure is y2 through y1, and the width is x2 through x1.

The width and the height of a rectangle must be in the range 2 units through 32,767 units. To draw an unfilled ellipse, set the drawFillStyle property to DrawFillStyle_Transparent (1).

This method causes the header frame to be printed if the method is called at the start of a new page. The method has no subsequent affect on the current print position.

For details about placing output directly on a printer page at any location without the use of frames and drawing rotated text and characters, see "Free-Format Printing", later in this chapter.