SimpleGraphics DisplayRectangle, cornerRadius and fillColor

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I’m using a Spider with a TE35. Whenever I use a DisplayRectangle with a cornerRadius, it’s as though the fillColor is ignored. I tried the same thing with opacity levels 0, 128, and 255, and 256. cornerRadius 1-3. Will not show fill color until I remove cornerRadius.

Also not finding an option for a fill color for DisplayEllipse.

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The SimpleGraphics interface is… simple. It does not have the full set of methods that is available with a bitmap.

But there is hope… Check the thread below for a way to gain access to the internal bitmap which SimpleGraphics uses. You can then do it all…;.

https://www.ghielectronics.com/community/forum/topic?id=4368&page=1#msg41572

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Thanks Mike, that looks really handy.

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@ NXTwoThou, glad you have your spider working. if possible when reporting issues to a forum, it would be really nice if you copy-pasted your example code. Saves folks trying to reproduce from having to re-write the code, potentially introducing or changing critical pieces… true even in these simple cases.

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Will post a simple example when I get back to work. Honestly I just had a rectangle taking up half the screen. As soon as I put in anything for cornerRadius and opacity, the fill no longer worked. The cornerRadius was definitely working.

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Gluing together bits from the rest of my code to give an over complicated example. At the end of DisplayRectangle, remove the ); and uncomment out. For the opacity, I’ve tried 0, 128, 255, 256 all with the same result.



GT.Color Color_ButtonBorder = GT.Color.FromRGB(64, 64, 64);
GT.Color Color_Button = GT.Color.FromRGB(200, 200, 200);
ButtonFont = Resources.GetFont(Resources.FontResources.NinaB);
int ScreenWidth = 240;
int ScreenHeight = 320;
const int NumberOfLines = 7;
int LineHeight;

 private void DrawButton(int x, int y, int w, int h, string Message, GT.Color TextColor, GT.Color BackColor)
        {
           try
            {
                Screen.DisplayRectangle(Color_ButtonBorder, 1, BackColor, (uint)x, (uint)y, (uint)w, (uint)h); //, 3, 256);                
                y += (h / 2 - ButtonFont.Height / 2);
                Screen.DisplayTextInRectangle(Message, (uint)x, (uint)y, (uint)w, (uint)ButtonFont.Height, TextColor, ButtonFont, GTM.Module.DisplayModule.SimpleGraphicsInterface.TextAlign.Center);
            }
            catch (Exception ex) { PrintDebug("DrawButton " + ex.Message); }
        }
private void DrawButton(int linedown, string Message, GT.Color TextColor, GT.Color BackColor)
        {
            int x = 0;
            int y = (LineHeight * linedown);
            int w = ScreenWidth;
            int h = LineHeight;
            DrawButton(x, y, w, h, Message, TextColor, BackColor);
        }
        private void DrawButton(int linedown, string Message, GT.Color TextColor)
        {
            DrawButton(linedown, Message, TextColor, Color_Button);
        }
        private void DrawButton(int linedown, string Message)
        {
            DrawButton(linedown, Message, GT.Color.Black);
        }

private void DrawSomething()
{
Screen = Board_Display.SimpleGraphics;
ScreenWidth = (int)Screen.Width;
ScreenHeight = (int)Screen.Height;
LineHeight = ScreenHeight / (NumberOfLines + 1);
DrawButton(0,"This is a button");
}