Help Drawing Curves or Arcs using HTML

I am trying to draw building sketches using vector directions.
Can you draw a curved line using HTML. If not, do you have any other
suggestions?

Example: D10R5D10BL24O4
Would draw a line Down 10, Right 5, Down10, an arc left 24 curved outward
(O) with an apex of 4.

Are there any experts who can help me?

Lloyd

you could also try using vml - but again it is not supported by all
browsers.


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hi!

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I am trying to draw building sketches using vector directions.
Can you draw a curved line using HTML. If not, do you have any other
suggestions?

Example: D10R5D10BL24O4
Would draw a line Down 10, Right 5, Down10, an arc left 24 curved
outward
(O) with an apex of 4.

You could use SVG, but since you need a extra plugin for it, and not many
people has this plugin installed, it's not a good way.

There is also Flash - that need's a plugin too, but more people have a
Flash-plugin installed, than a SVG-plugin. The bad thing about Flash : it
can't easily "communicate" with your HTML/JavaScript page.

This page show, how to draw on a HTML-page using JavaScript :
http://www.walterzorn.com/jsgraphics/jsgraphics_e.htm
But this doesn't work in all browsers and it doesn't work if JavaScript is
disabled. Also it's damn slow, if you try to draw complex things.

The best way would be, to simply draw a picture of the stuff you want to
show, save it as GIF-Image-File and impliment it in your page using the
img>-Tag.
That's the most compatible, safe and fast way.

Cu, Jens
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