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About Ellipses
An ellipse is a closed curve defined by two fixed points (f1 and f2) such that the sum of the distances (d1 + d2) from any point on the curve to the two fixed points is constant. The
following illustration shows an ellipse drawn by using the Ellipse function.
When calling Ellipse, an application supplies the coordinates of the upper left and lower right
corners of the ellipse's bounding rectangle. A bounding rectangle is the smallest rectangle completely surrounding the ellipse. When Windows
draws the ellipse, it excludes the right and lower sides if no world
transformations are set. Therefore, for any rectangle measuring x units wide by y units high, the associated ellipse measures x 1 units wide by y1 units high. If the application sets a world transformation by calling the SetWorldTransform or ModifyWorldTransform function, Windows includes the right and lower sides.
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