CircularBox creates sort of an inside out un-circle using straight lines ONLY.   See the example on the right.

This program creates a blank Circle inside a four color square.   It looks similar to the RandyGrams program called "Elipse" but the Circle is created in a completely different way.   There is no actual Circle.   The effect is created by drawing Rays from the four corners of the surrounding square.

Well, OK, to be truthful, there is no Square either, but one will usually be created by the outside lines.   The Rays are all straight lines that radiate from their respective corners to a point that would be on a Circle if there was a Circle.   This is hard to explain but very easy to see by changing the speed and how far apart the Rays are (Angle).

Angle

The smaller you make the Angle, the tighter the lines will be.   A small number here will make the CircularBox appear to be a solid color.   In other words, you won't see the individual lines.   I can't tell you how small the Angle needs to be to make it appear solid, because there are too many variations of Monitors and Screen Resolutions.   The program allows up to 90 degrees but I don't recommend over 15.   It will accept 0.0001 as the smallest Angle .

Border

The Border is the blank space around the outside of the CircularBox.   It is represented as a percentage of your screen height.   In other words, if the actual display area of your screen is 10 inches high, and you enter a Border number of 10, then the Border will be .5 inches on the top and bottom and will be centered Horizontally.   .5 + .5 = 1 inch, or 10% of the screen height.   The larger you make the Border, the smaller the CircularBox will be.   Valid numbers for the Border are from 1 to 90, inclusive.

Speed

Speed does exactly what it sounds like.   It controls how fast I draw the CircularBox for you.
Note:   The larger the number here, the faster I will draw your CircularBox.   Use smaller numbers to more easily see how CircularBox creates the drawing.   Press the Continue button to see your changes.

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The Buttons

The Keep Colors Button allows you to continue drawing using the current colors.

Press the Random Colors Button to have Randomly selected colors for each drawing.

The Keep Controls Button makes the program continue drawing using the current Angle, Border, and Speed settings.

The Random Controls Button selects the Angle, Border, and Speed settings Randomly.

The Play Once Button will draw 1 CircularBox using the current Speed, Border and Angle settings.   The colors of the CircularBox will change each time you press the Once Button.

The Play Continuously Button tells CircularBox to generate displays randomly.   A new CircularBox is displayed every 3 seconds.   You can stop the display by pressing the Play Once Button.

Note:   The default Buttons will be Hi-lited when the program starts.   They are the Random Colors button, the Random Controls button and the Play Continuously button.   When the User Clicks a button, it will be Hi-lited and it's corresponding button will be Lo-lited.

Click the Right Mouse button to access the About, Help and Quit Buttons.
The About Button displays information about the program and its creator.
The Help Button displays this Help screen.
The Quit Button will Quit CircularBox .

 

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