Graphics.DrawEllipse Method (Pen, Single, Single, Single, Single)
Assembly: System.Drawing (in system.drawing.dll)
public void DrawEllipse ( Pen pen, float x, float y, float width, float height )
public function DrawEllipse ( pen : Pen, x : float, y : float, width : float, height : float )
Not applicable.
Parameters
- pen
Pen that determines the color, width, and style of the ellipse.
- x
The x-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the bounding rectangle that defines the ellipse.
- y
The y-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the bounding rectangle that defines the ellipse.
- width
Width of the bounding rectangle that defines the ellipse.
- height
Height of the bounding rectangle that defines the ellipse.
The following code example is designed for use with Windows Forms, and it requires PaintEventArgse, which is a parameter of the Paint event handler. The code performs the following actions:
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Creates a black pen.
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Creates the position and size of a rectangle to bound an ellipse.
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Draws the ellipse to the screen.
private: void DrawEllipseFloat( PaintEventArgs^ e ) { // Create pen. Pen^ blackPen = gcnew Pen( Color::Black,3.0f ); // 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 ); }
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.