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Q111582: BUG: Arc() Not Drawn Completely with a Wide Pen

Article: Q111582
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbSDKWin16
Last Modified: 18-JUN-1999

3.00 3.10
WINDOWS
kbprg kbbuglist

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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When calling Arc() with a wide pen selected, occasionally there will be an
unfilled line in the third quadrant of the arc.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Windows versions 3.0 and 3.1.

MORE INFORMATION
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This behavior may be reproduced as follows on a VGA display:

With a pen width of 100 selected into the DC, call Arc() with the following
parameters:

  X1=165, Y1=12, X2=445, Y2=294, X3=279, Y3=142, X4=227, Y4=20

There will be a slanted line of width 1 (one) that is not drawn in the pen color.

Additional query words: buglist3.00 buglist3.10 3.00 3.10

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Keywords          : kbSDKWin16 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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