How to draw dashed line and dashed circle in XML gauge ?

[Guest thierry38D]

Hi there,I am looking for plotting some dashed circle in an XML gauge but I cannot succeed until now ! (despite my three years long experience of xml coding)Does any body know if it can be done using XML language ?And if so, which argument or instruction should I use to draw such kind of dashed line or dashed circle (of course, without using any bitmap !)Thanks in advance,Thierry

[phjvh 0]

Hi,1. Dashed line: <Formattedtext><String>- - - - - -</String></Formattedtext>2. Determine the coordinates of the points in the dashed circle and draw polylines.It works for me.Jan

[dmaher 0]

I haven’t had to do this, but I like #1 – efficient and clever.Option 2 means lots of data and draws.It might be a good place to try a macro of some sort.I think “Goto label” (g4 and :4 ) might even provide a simple loop to draw each line segment.You could send dash length, space length, and total length as macro arguments.It’s an expensive way to draw a dashed lines though.

[n4gix 4,947]

Set up a loop and draw a series of mini-arcs...

[phjvh 0]

Hi,Another way is placing a black polygon with the shape of a gear wheel in front of the circle.Of coure a bit coding too, but just 1 element...jan

[FlyTheSimSkies 0]

I see it's been awhile so I don't know if this is archived yet. I make a circle in MS Excel with dashed/dotted line. I make sure its height equals its width. Copy it, and paste it in MSPaint. I then then fill with black (0,0,0,) and save the bmp. I then use it my gauge with the background of the image as black.