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From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Reliability of AreaEllipse?
Message-ID: <17663@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 16 Jan 91 04:17:21 GMT
References: <1033@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1033@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au> kevine@vast.eecs.unsw.oz (Kevin Elphinstone) writes:
>I can't seem to get AreaEllipse to work reliably. It either leaves stray
>dots in various places around the window, or draws mutant circles with
>bits sticking out everywhere.
>
>I have initialised both AreaInfo and TmpRas etc. but the problem
>prevails.

	Try clearing the AreaInfo to all 0's before doing your AreaXxxx
commands.  I believe there was a bug in 1.2 with AreaEllipse not dealing well
with other stuff in the array.  Maybe bart or spence will comment (they know
gfx far better than I do).

-- 
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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Like a swift-flowing river
I wait in silence.  (From "The Zen of Programming")  ;-)