VCL LineInfo dotlen and dashlen question

[Armin Le Grand]

Hi again,

Am 09.03.2016 um 10:52 schrieb Armin Le Grand:
> Hi,
>
> Am 08.03.2016 um 23:52 schrieb Chris Sherlock:
>> Quick ping to the ML - can anyone advise me on the purpose of these 
>> functions?
>>
>> Before I forget, there’s also GetDistance as well.
>
> Nothing complicated, just access methods to read the values.
>
> A line is defined as:
>
> (dotLen, distance) * numDot, distance (dashLen, distance) * numDash
>
> Means: numDot dots with dotLen, followed by numDash dashes with 
> DashLen, all seperated by distance-gaps.

One error here - it starts with the dashes, not the dots.
It then gets repeated (plus one distance)

>
>>
>> I’m assuming that GetDashLen is the length of each individual dash in 
>> the dashed line, GetDotLen is the length of each individual dot in a 
>> dotted line and GetDistance is the length of the distance between 
>> dashes and dots.
>>
>> I’d just like to confirm this, because if so then there’s an odd bug 
>> I think Stephan van den Akker and myself have uncovered in a VCL unit 
>> test that Stephan added (not *caused* by Stephan, but uncovered).
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>> On 5 Mar 2016, at 12:25 PM, Chris Sherlock 
>>> <chris.sherlock79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Can anyone tell me the different between GetDotLen and GetDashLen in 
>>> LineInfo?
>>>
>>> You can have a situation where there are dashes and dots in lines, 
>>> so does that affect anything?
>
> Of course. Open LO, draw a line, choose '3 Dashes 3 Dots' as LineStyle.
>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Chris
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> HTH!
>
> Sincerely,
> Armin
>
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