Curved Lines

[Rawb]

I'm wondering if there is a way to draw curved lines in Access (on a Form OR a Report)?

I'm working on a system that will allow the program to draw simple shapes based on a coordinate system and I don't want to have to use multiple, short straight lines to simulate curves if I don't have to!

[hertfordkc]

Do you have to draw the shapes based on certain data in Access? If not, put the curves or other shapes on a background .jpg. If the data displayed on the form or report determines the shape, then I believe that you can draw the shape onto the background with a VBA event routine, but I haven't done it.

[Rawb]

Unfortunately, I would have to be drawing the shapes in Access (in real time). Basically, I'd be pulling the coordinates from a Table in Access.

Shape_id|X_Coord|Y_Coord|Radius
1|0|0|0
1|10|0|0
1|10|10|0
1|0|10|0
1|0|0|0

For example, the above would draw a 10 by 10 "unit" square. For curved lines, I'd include a positive radius value (for convex curves) or a negative radius value (for concave curves). Straight lines would use a radius value of 0.

[Rawb]

I've found a few VB examples that claim to do what I'm looking for, however they don't seem to be readily convertible into Access VBA.

They all use the LineTo API and I haven't been able to figure out a way to get it to work in Access.

Has anyone else worked with this at all? I'm still fairly new at using outside APIs.

What I've found can be seen here (http://www.bigresource.com/Tracker/Track-vb-U60H68wCfK/).