createBox()

Purpose

Creates a box (rectangle) to be drawn with drawShape()

Description

Creates a box with centre origin to be drawn at the specified x and y location with the specified width and height

Syntax

shape = createBox( x, y, width, height )

Arguments

shape Handle which stores the newly created shape

x Horizontal screen position in pixels

y Vertical screen position in pixels

width Width in pixels

height Height in pixels

Example

// draw a multicoloured rectangle on the screen
box_1 = createBox( gwidth() / 2, gheight() / 2, gwidth(), gheight() )

setVertexColour( box_1, 0, bisque )
setVertexColour( box_1, 1, cyan )
setVertexColour( box_1, 2, fuzeblue )
setVertexColour( box_1, 3, fuzepink )

drawShape( box_1 )
update()
sleep( 3 )

Associated Commands