Draws an ellipse defined by a bounding rectangle specified by a pair of coordinates, a height, and a width.

Overload List

Draws an ellipse specified by a bounding Rectangle structure.

Supported by the .NET Compact Framework.

[Visual Basic] Overloads Public Sub DrawEllipse(Pen, Rectangle)

[C#] public void DrawEllipse(Pen, Rectangle);

[C++] public: void DrawEllipse(Pen*, Rectangle);

[JScript] public function DrawEllipse(Pen, Rectangle);

Draws an ellipse defined by a bounding RectangleF.

[Visual Basic] Overloads Public Sub DrawEllipse(Pen, RectangleF)

[C#] public void DrawEllipse(Pen, RectangleF);

[C++] public: void DrawEllipse(Pen*, RectangleF);

[JScript] public function DrawEllipse(Pen, RectangleF);

Draws an ellipse defined by a bounding rectangle specified by a pair of coordinates, a height, and a width.

Supported by the .NET Compact Framework.

[Visual Basic] Overloads Public Sub DrawEllipse(Pen, Integer, Integer, Integer, Integer)

[C#] public void DrawEllipse(Pen, int, int, int, int);

[C++] public: void DrawEllipse(Pen*, int, int, int, int);

[JScript] public function DrawEllipse(Pen, int, int, int, int);

Draws an ellipse defined by a bounding rectangle specified by a pair of coordinates, a height, and a width.

[Visual Basic] Overloads Public Sub DrawEllipse(Pen, Single, Single, Single, Single)

[C#] public void DrawEllipse(Pen, float, float, float, float);

[C++] public: void DrawEllipse(Pen*, float, float, float, float);

[JScript] public function DrawEllipse(Pen, float, float, float, float);

Example

[Visual Basic, C#] The following example is designed for use with Windows Forms, and it requires PaintEventArgs e, which is a parameter of the Paint event handler. The code performs the following actions:

• Creates a black pen.
• Creates the position and size of a rectangle to bound an ellipse.
• Draws the ellipse to the screen.

[Visual Basic, C#] Note   This example shows how to use one of the overloaded versions of DrawEllipse. For other examples that might be available, see the individual overload topics.

[Visual Basic] 
Public Sub DrawEllipseFloat(e As PaintEventArgs)
' Create pen.
Dim blackPen As New Pen(Color.Black, 3)
' Create location and size of ellipse.
Dim x As Single = 0F
Dim y As Single = 0F
Dim width As Single = 200F
Dim height As Single = 100F
' Draw ellipse to screen.
e.Graphics.DrawEllipse(blackPen, x, y, width, height)
End Sub
        
[C#] 
public void DrawEllipseFloat(PaintEventArgs e)
{
// Create pen.
Pen blackPen = new Pen(Color.Black, 3);
// Create location and size of ellipse.
float x = 0.0F;
float y = 0.0F;
float width = 200.0F;
float height = 100.0F;
// Draw ellipse to screen.
e.Graphics.DrawEllipse(blackPen, x, y, width, height);
}
        

[C++, JScript] No example is available for C++ or JScript. To view a Visual Basic or C# example, click the Language Filter button in the upper-left corner of the page.

See Also

Graphics Class | Graphics Members | System.Drawing Namespace