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4/8/2010

This function draws an ellipse. The center of the ellipse is the center of the specified bounding rectangle. The ellipse is outlined by the currently selected pen and filled by the currently selected brush.

Syntax 

BOOL Ellipse(
  HDC 
hdc, 
  int 
nLeftRect, 
  int 
nTopRect, 
  int 
nRightRect, 
  int 
nBottomRect
);

Parameters

hdc

[in] Handle to the device context.

nLeftRect

[in] Specifies the x-coordinate of the upper left corner of the bounding rectangle.

nTopRect

[in] Specifies the y-coordinate of the upper left corner of the bounding rectangle.

nRightRect

[in] Specifies the x-coordinate of the lower right corner of the bounding rectangle.

nBottomRect

[in] Specifies the y-coordinate of the lower right corner of the bounding rectangle.

Return Value

Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure.

To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

The current position is neither used nor updated by Ellipse.

If hdcspecifies a mirrored device context, the horizontal coordinates increase from right to left rather than from left to right. This reverses the roles of nLeftRectand nRightRect.

Requirements

Header windows.h
Library coredll.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 1.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also

Reference

GDI Functions