drawPie

drawPie(x1:     Integer;
        y1:     Integer;
        x2:     Integer;
        y2:     Integer;
        startX: Integer;
        startY: Integer;
        endX:   Integer;
        endY:   Integer;
        color:  Integer);

The drawPie method of the Printer class draws a pie-shaped wedge on the printer page, by using a colored pen the width of the drawWidth property and the style of the drawStyle property.

The wedge is an elliptical arc whose center and two end points are joined by lines. 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 drawPie method parameters are listed in the following table.

Parameter	Description
x1, y1, x2, y2	Rectangle bounding the ellipse of which the pie is a part
startX, startY	Logical x and y (horizontal and vertical) coordinate of the point that defines the starting point of the arc
endX, endY	Logical x and y coordinate of the point that defines the end point of the arc
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. The startX, startY, endX, and endY parameter points do not need to lie exactly on the arc. The starting point of the arc is the point at which a ray drawn from the center of the bounding rectangle through the specified starting point intersects the ellipse. The end point of the arc is the point at which a ray drawn from the center of the bounding rectangle through the specified end point intersects the ellipse.

The figure drawn by this function extends up to but does not include the right and bottom coordinate, so that the height of the figure is y2 through y1 and the width is x2 through x1. The width and height of a rectangle must each be in the range 2 units through 32,767 units.

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.