The below is from basic chemistry:

"In any chemistry unit conversion problem, there are only three simple patterns of placing and cancelling units which students must learn in order to become proficient in this skill. (1) top-left to bottom-right, or downward diagonal, (2)bottom-left to top-right, or upward diagonal,..."

Tracy

>Mike;
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>Perhaps this is an answer. You are using two terms “Upward Diagonal” and “Slope”. If I take my background in engineering, physics and mathematics the term “Slope” has one meaning and agrees with what you have defined to be the behavior of VFP. The term “Upward Diagonal” does not have an agreed definition and seems ambiguous.
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>I would have to know the application of the term and the desired end result to use this object. It may not be what it seems. :)
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>Tom
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>>Hello All,
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>>I'm using a VFP 6.0 shape on a form and set it's FillStyle to 4 - Upward Diagonal. This sets a pattern of parallel lines that have a positive slope (from lower left to upper right).
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>>When I do this in VB6, it fills with a negative slope (upper left to lower right).
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>>Which pattern is correct for an "Upward Diagonal"?
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>>I've also tried this with a mapping control (MapObjects2.1) and it fills the same way as VB6. Does this mean that VFP is the odd one out or is it actually the correct way (as I tend to believe).
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>>Mike