BitmapDataExtensionsBeginDrawConicCurve(IReadWriteBitmapData, Color32, PointF, PointF, PointF, Single, DrawingOptions, AsyncConfig) Method

Begins to draw a one-pixel wide conic curve with the specified color asynchronously.

Definition

Namespace: KGySoft.Drawing.Shapes
Assembly: KGySoft.Drawing.Core (in KGySoft.Drawing.Core.dll) Version: 10.0.0-rc.1
C#
public static IAsyncResult BeginDrawConicCurve(
	this IReadWriteBitmapData bitmapData,
	Color32 color,
	PointF p1,
	PointF p2,
	PointF p3,
	float weight,
	DrawingOptions? drawingOptions = null,
	AsyncConfig? asyncConfig = null
)

Parameters

bitmapData  IReadWriteBitmapData
The IReadWriteBitmapData instance to draw on.
color  Color32
The color of the curve to draw.
p1  PointF
The starting point of the conic curve.
p2  PointF
The control point of the conic curve.
p3  PointF
The ending point of the conic curve.
weight  Single
The weight of the conic curve, which determines the shape of the curve. Must be a positive value.
drawingOptions  DrawingOptions  (Optional)
A DrawingOptions instance that specifies the drawing options to use. If , then the default options are used. This parameter is optional.
Default value: .
asyncConfig  AsyncConfig  (Optional)
The configuration of the asynchronous operation such as parallelization, cancellation, reporting progress, etc. When Progress is set in this parameter, then this library always passes a DrawingOperation instance to the generic methods of the IAsyncProgress interface. This parameter is optional.
Default value: .

Return Value

IAsyncResult
An IAsyncResult that represents the asynchronous operation, which could still be pending.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IReadWriteBitmapData. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Remarks

If the weight is 1, the conic curve is equivalent to a parabolic (quadratic) Bézier curve. If the weight is less than 1, the curve is an elliptic arc, and if it's greater than 1, the curve is a hyperbolic arc.

This method tries to use a shortcut to draw the curve directly, which is faster than creating a Path and adding the curve to it. A shortcut is possible when drawingOptions is and the specified color is opaque, or when FastThinLines is enabled in drawingOptions, and it specifies that no anti-aliasing and no alpha blending is required, the transformation is the identity matrix, and neither Quantizer nor Ditherer is specified.

When no shortcut can be used and the same curve is drawn repeatedly, creating a Path with PreferCaching enabled can provide a better performance.

In .NET Framework 4.0 and above you can use also the DrawConicCurveAsync methods.

To finish the operation and to get the exception that occurred during the operation you have to call the EndDrawConicCurve method.

This method is not a blocking call even if the MaxDegreeOfParallelism property of the asyncConfig parameter is 1.

If the curve is drawn by using a shortcut, then the operation is executed synchronously, it cannot be canceled, it is not parallelized, and there is no progress reporting, regardless of the asyncConfig parameter.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullExceptionbitmapData is .
ArgumentOutOfRangeExceptionweight must be a finite non-negative value.
OverflowExceptionThe coordinates (after a possible transformation specified in drawingOptions) are outside the bounds of an int value.

See Also