polygon filling

[BSOB]

im gone for a long weekend so plenty of time for anyone to answer.
if i have 4 points representing a polygon and each point is represented by an x and a y coordinate, is there an easy (or slightly less painfull) way to decide whether or not a point (a,b) lays within that polygon?

please note that this polygon DOES NOT take the shape of a square and has NO right angles and all side lengths are somewhat random.

the application:
say i wanted to draw a picture on the screen. i had the computer pick 8 random numbers (within screen limits) representing 4 random points. and now i want to fill in the area created by this polygon using point(x,y),z.
the polygon is convex in all situations. i also already know which points make up a side. for example, if there is point a, b, c, and d. I know a_b is a line, and b_c is a line, and c_d is a line and d_a is a line. i know which points are which so i can assume that point a has no relation to point c.

um.. yah, help?

[sashi]

Hi BSOB,

enjoy your holiday for the time being.. have a great time out there.. hope to find a solution for your question.. take care my fren.. :)

[BSOB]

I have solved my problem with a simple few lines. If anyone is interested in my solution, post here and i will be happy to share it.

[Kang]

Hi, I really would like to know how you manage to solve that, been looking around on the web but so far still have no clue on how to do it. Thanks in advance.

[ravenvort]

please share the solution, for future projects.... thanks

[BSOB]

'in general declaration
Private Declare Function Polygon Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, lpPoint As PointLocation, ByVal nCount As Long) As Long
Public Type PointLocation
X As Long
Y As Long
End Type
Private m_Points(1 To 255) As PointLocation
m_Points(1).X = X1
m_Points(1).Y = Y1
m_Points(2).X = x2
m_Points(2).Y = y2
m_Points(3).X = X3
m_Points(3).Y = Y3
m_Points(4).X = X4
m_Points(4).Y = Y4
Polygon Me.hdc, m_Points(1), 4
'the 4 is the number of points of the polygon, you can set more points then 4 but you have to set values to those m_points x and y.


'it sets that polygon (i think only pixels entirly within borders) to the forecolor (or maybe it was fill color).

'if this doesnt work, let me know, ill see how i coded it.

[BSOB]

oh yah, and from m_points(x)=... and down
that isnt in general declaration any more, that is in your subroutine.