Jacqueline: I didn’t know that markers could be applied to the points on a line. I see now, very cool. I’ll take that approach. I can see in the object inspector where to make up the markers. Looks straightforward. Thanks again, Bill On Sep 9, 2014, at 2:50 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote:
> On 9/9/2014, 4:28 PM, William Prothero wrote: > > Jacqueline: Sounds like a good idea. I don’t see how, though, that > > you would be able to display a LOT of identical symbols on a map > > using a single polygon graphic. Don’t you have to create and place > > each one? That would mean thousands of graphic objects. Is that what > > you mean? > > > Oh no, not at all. Not having thousands of objects is exactly the reason to > choose graphic objects. > > Every point on a graphic can display a marker which is just a small image you > provide. If you set the linesize of the graphic to 0, the lines don't show, > all you see are the markers. Then you just make a list of the locations, one > per point, one point per line, and set the graphic's points property to that > list. > > The graphic can cover as much area as you need, it can sprawl all over the > card. All you see are the points, and each point is a symbol image. The only > restriction is that a graphic can only show one type of marker, so you'll > need a different graphic for each symbol image you want to display. In my > case, I had five symbols, so I needed five graphics. But each graphic had > hundreds of points. > > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
