Annotation Arrows, Pt. 2 - Bug with Height?

[User (Legacy)]

Symptom:

AnnArrow::Height seems to shift the position of the arrow, not just the

size.

Code sample is at bottom.  Please reply to group and cc: erwilleke@sep.com

Thank you for any assistance.

Investigation Details:

I'm implementing a method to draw an arbitrary line on the chart using an

AnnArrow.  When I pass values indicating a horizontal line, the method works

correctly.

ex:    drawLine( 0.0, 0.0, 8.0, 0.0 );

When I pass values for a non-horizontal line, the line displays at an

incorrect location.

ex:    drawLine( 1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 7.0 );

I played around with the settings and discovered that whenever I passed a

non-zero value to thisLine->Height, the entire line was being offset rather

than just changing the position.  When I played around with the code and did

the following:

   thisLine->Height = 0;

   thisLine->Width = 100;

the chart displayed as expected with a horizontal line at the start

location.  However, when I wrote:

   thisLine->Height = 100;

   thisLine->Width = 100;

I expected a diagonal line dropping from the place I pointed with (Left,

Top), but the line did not display.  Switching to

   thisLine->Height = -100;

   thisLine->Width = 100;

I found the diagonal line shifted to the top of my chart, displaying with

the proper height and width, but moved to the wrong location.

Advise please.  Joel had my heart up with his question of a few days ago,

but not quite what I need. 

void MyObj::drawLine( float x1, float y1, float x2, float y2 )

{

   IAnnArrowPtr thisLine = m_pAnnList->Add((short) OBJECT_TYPE_ARROW );

   long px1, py1, px2, py2;   // pixel points

   thisLine->HeadStyle = ARROW_NONE;

   thisLine->TailStyle = ARROW_NONE;

   // locate the screen coordinates

   m_pFX->ValueToPixel( x1, y1, &px1, &py1, AXIS_Y );

   m_pFX->ValueToPixel( x2, y2, &px2, &py2, AXIS_Y );

   // move it to the proper place

   thisLine->Height = py2 - py1;

   thisLine->Width = px2 - px1;

   thisLine->Left    = px1;

   thisLine->Top     = py1;

   // make it red

   thisLine->Color   = RGB( 0xFF, 0, 0 );

   thisLine->Refresh( VARIANT_FALSE );

}

[User (Legacy)]

SoftwareFX Support,

Have you had a chance to begin looking at this issue?  I'm curious if it's a

mistake in my implementation or if it is a bug, and if there's a workaround

or not.

Thanks,

Eric

[Software FX]

I'm having problems reproducing your situation,

I've created an arrow and set Width and Height to 100 and I get a diagonal

line (as expected).

I think maybe you are working with attached objects (default) and then

changing the chart scale from the time you set the Width and Height to the

time you see the object.

If you want your objects to be in absolute pixel position regardless of

chart scale, you must set the objects to ATTACH_NONE using the Attach

method.

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FP

Software FX, Inc.