form shape drawing (arc)
 

dear all,
i'm doing a project which involve shape (arc, circles and rectangles) i'm a newbie on VB6, done the easy shapes but problem on drawing the arc on the form to form a half-moon shape. any help or link on this will be great and appreciated. thnx in advance

Re: form shape drawing (arc)
 

syntax to draw circle, arc etc
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OBJECT.CIRCLE [STEP](X,Y),RADIUS,[COLOR,START,END,[ASPECT]]]
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STEP-IT SPECIFIES THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE IS RELATIVE TO THE CURRENT COORDINATES GIVEN BY "CURRENTX","CURRENTY"
X,Y-INDICATES THE CENTER COORDINATE OF THE CIRCLE.
RADIUS-INDICATES THE RADIUS.
START,END-WHEN AN ARK OR A PARTIAL CIRCLE IS DRAWN START AND END SPECIFIES THE BEGINNING AND THE END POSITION OF THE ARC.
THE RANGE FOR BOTH IS -2Pi RADIAN TO +2 Pi RADIAN.THE DEFAULT VALUE FOR START IS 0 RADIANS AND THAT FOR END IS 2*Pi RADIANS.
ASPECT-INDICATES THE ASPECT RATIO OF THE CIRCLE.DEFAULT IS 1.0 WHICH YIELDS A PERFECT CIRCLE ON ANY SCREEN.

Hope this solves your problem.

Re: form shape drawing (arc)
 

hi. thanks for your help. i was able to create the arc but how to make it appear without the click? I want the shape to appear immediately upon loading but it only comes out when i click. I know this is easy stuff for you guys, but as i have mentioned earlier, i'm a newbie, please bear with me. thanks in advance.

Re: form shape drawing (arc)
 

put the code in form paint event

try this

Private Sub Form_Paint()

Me.Circle (ScaleWidth / 2, ScaleHeight / 2), Switch(ScaleWidth >= ScaleHeight, ScaleHeight / 2, ScaleWidth < ScaleHeight, ScaleWidth / 2), vbRed, 0, 3, 0.8

End Sub