Dot Density Theme - Properties

A Theme which annotates 2-dimensional items, e.g. Polygon, TopoPolygon, etc., with a number of "dots". Each dot can be given a Symbol, or be represented by a single pixel.

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Theme Properties

• Bold
  
• Brush
  
• Class
  
• Description
  
• Disabled
  
• Dot brush
  
• Dot pen
  
• Dot shape
  
• Filter
  
• Font
  
• Expression
  
• Italic
  
• Maximum scale
  
• Minimum scale
  
• Opaque
  
• Outline
  
• Pen
  
• Point height
  
• Samples per column
• Subtitle
  
• Subtitle size factor
  
• Title
  
• Title bold
• Title size factor
  
• Underlined
  
• Value
• Wrap character
• Wrap length
  

Theme Component Properties

• Brush
  
• Disabled
  
• Hidden
  
• Pen
  
• Symbol
  
• Title
  
• Value
  

Theme Properties

• Bold: _text_bold&
  Should the legend/label text be drawn bold?
  
  
• Brush: _brush$
  The Brush used for the legend/label text backdrop, if the legend/label text is opaque.
  
  
• Class: _classTheme$
  The class of the Theme.
  
  
• Description: _DESC$
  A textual description of the object.
  
  
• Disabled: _bDisabled&
  Should Theme graphics be disabled?
  
  
• Dot brush: _dot_brush$
  The Brush used to draw the Theme Symbol.
  
  
• Dot pen: _dot_pen$
  The Pen used to draw the Theme Symbol.
  
  
• Dot shape: _dot_shape$
  The Symbol used to annotate the filled area.
  
  
• Filter: _filter$
  Optional filter name, used to control which items are displayed in the map window.
  
  
• Font: _font$
  The font used for the legend/label text.
  
  
• Expression: _formula$
  The expression used to calculate a Theme value, as follows:
  
  

  Dot Density	The value used to calculate the number of dots
  Extrude 2D items in 3D views	The extrusion height
  Graduated	The value used to calculate the symbol size
  Individual Values	The value used to match against known values
  Labels	The label text
  Ranges	The value used to match against known ranges

  
  
• Italic: _text_italic&
  Should the legend/label text be drawn italicised?
  
  
• Maximum scale: _scalemax#
  The highest reproduction scale at which Theme annotation graphics will be drawn. If you set this value to 1000, and then zoom out to 1:2000 the Theme annotation will become invisible.
  
  
• Minimum scale: _scalemin#
  The lowest reproduction scale at which Theme annotation graphics will be drawn. If you set this value to 100, and then zoom out to 1:50 the Theme annotation will become invisible.
  
  
• Opaque: _text_opaque&
  Should the legend/label text be drawn opaque?
  
  If this value is True for legend text then the legend will draw with a surrounding box drawn with the legend Pen, and filled with the legend Brush.
  
  If this value is True for label text then the labels will appear with a filled background, drawn using the label Brush.
  
  
• Outline: _text_outline&
  The theme's text outline.
  
  
• Pen: _pen$
  The Pen used to draw the legend/label text.
  
  
• Point height: _point_height&
  The point height of the legend/label text.
  
  
• Samples per column: _nPerColumn&
  The number of samples, i.e. Theme components, per legend column. This property can have a value up to 200.
  
  
• Sample size factor: _sampleSize#
  The scale factor to apply to samples, relative to the text height.
  
  
• Subtitle: _subtitle$
  The legend subtitle.
  
  
• Subtitle size factor: _subtitleSize#
  The scale factor to apply to the subtitle text, relative to the text height.
  
  
• Title: _title$
  The Theme title.
  
  
• Title bold: _title_bold&
  Should the title text be bold?
  
  
• Title size factor: _titleSize#
  The scale factor to apply to the title text, relative to the text height.
  
  
• Underlined: _text_underlined&
  Should the legend/label text be drawn underlined?
  
  
• Value: _value#
  The value at which a symbol will be drawn at the Dot Density Theme height value.
  
  
• Wrap character: _wrap$
  The character at which to wrap a string.
  
  
• Wrap length: _wrapLength&
  The length at which to wrap a string (+ve: wrap after N characters; -ve: wrap at exactly N characters)
  
  

Theme Component Properties

• Brush: _brush$
  The Brush used to fill the Theme component. Use "" to not override the item Brush.

• Disabled: _bDisabled&
  Should the Theme component graphics be disabled?

• Hidden: _bHidden&
  Should the Theme component graphics be hidden?
  

• Pen: _pen$
  The Pen used to draw the Theme component. Use "" to not override the item Pen.

• Symbol: _shape$
  The Symbol used for point items which match the Theme component. Use "" to not override the point Symbol.

• Title: _title$
  The title of a Theme component, for display in the Theme legend.

• Value: _strValue#
  A range value in the Theme.

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