BUG: M6101 Drawing a Line Outside Screen CoordinatesLast reviewed: July 12, 1995Article ID: Q118815 |
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SYMPTOMSWhen a program draws a line with an endpoint outside the screen coordinates, the line is not clipped and the following error message is generated:
run-time error M6101: MATH - floating-point error: invalid CAUSEThe limit seems to be related to converting to an int. In the sample code below, the extent of X in the window coordinates is 1.0, the screen coordinate is 639, and the line is drawn to 51.28. For example:
639 * 51.28 / 1.0 = 32,767.92 > 32,767In the preceding example, a line drawn to 51.27 succeeds (639 * 51.27 / 1.0 = 32,761.53 < 32,767).
RESOLUTIONDo not draw outside the screen coordinates. Clip the endpoints of lines before calling the LINETO_W routine. If you clip to values within 10 times the size of the window, the code should work in any resolution.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed this to be a bug with Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation for MS-DOS, versions 1.0 and 1.0a.
MORE INFORMATIONTo demonstrate this problem, compile the following sample code and run it from a full-screen MS-DOS prompt in Windows (not Windows NT) or directly from MS-DOS.
Sample CodeC Compile options needed: none
INCLUDE 'FGRAPH.FI' INCLUDE 'FGRAPH.FD' INTEGER*2 status status = SETVIDEOMODE( $VRES16COLOR ) status = setwindow(.TRUE.,0D0,1.D0,1.D0,0.D0 ) status = LINETO_W( 51.28d0, 0.0d0 ) status = SETVIDEOMODE( $DEFAULTMODE ) END |
Additional reference words: 1.00 1.00a
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