Parameter

Description

Visible

(VISIBLE)

You use this parameter to determine whether the map layer is visible.

Data Provider

(DATA_PROVIDER_REF)

You use this parameter to assign a data provider to the map layer. The map layer gets the data and metadata that it needs to generate the output and commands from this data provider.

Symbol Size

(POINT_SIZE)

You use this parameter to define the size of the symbols.

Symbol Type

(POINT_STYLE)

You use this parameter to define the type of symbol to be used for the display. There are the following options:

●     Circle (CIRCLE)

●     Square (SQUARE)

●     Triangle (TRIANGLE)

●     Cross (CROSS)

●     Symbol (IMAGE)

Color Settings

(COLOR_SETTINGS)

This parameter contains the following additional parameters for you to set:

●     Initial Color (COLOR_START)

You use this parameter to determine the color of the symbol that represents the smallest data value of the connected data provider. You select the color value in a color selection dialog box.

●     End Color (COLOR_END)

You use this parameter to determine the color of the symbol that represents the largest data value of the connected data provider. You select the color value in a color selection dialog box.

●     Color Interpolation
(COLOR_INTERPOLATION)

RGB color value, HSB (color area)

You use this parameter to define the color interpolation method. Colors between the start and the end color are interpolated linearly.

Color List

(COLOR_LIST)

You use this parameter to enter color values.

List of Breaks

(BREAK_LIST)

You use this parameter to define the individual class boundaries

Number of Classes

(CLASSES)

You use this parameter to enter the number of color levels.

Tooltips for Map Layers

(TOOLTIPS_VISIBLE)

You use this parameter to determine whether a tooltip text is to be displayed for the map layers.

Breaks Distributed Evenly
(BREAKS_DISTRIBUTED)

You use this parameter to set even distribution for color shadings.

Label Display

(LABEL_DISPLAY)

You use this parameter to determine whether labels should be displayed and, if so, how they should be displayed. There are the following options:

●     No Label (NONE)

●     Text as Label (TEXT)

●     Key as Label (KEY)

●     Value as Label (VALUE)

Highlighted Labels

(LABELS_HIGHLIGHTED)

You use this parameter to determine whether labels of map layers are to be highlighted.

Legend Visible

(LEGEND_VISIBLE)

You use this parameter to determine whether a legend is to be displayed for the map.

Legend Caption

(LEGEND_CAPTION)

This parameter allows you to use the text input dialog box to assign a heading to the legend of the map.

Affected Data Provider

(LINKED_DATA_PROVIDER_REF_LIST)

You use this parameter to create a list of data providers to which all commands of the map layer are sent.

For each entry in the data provider list, you choose a data provider for the Affected Data Provider parameter (LINKED_DATA_PROVIDER_REF).

Note that you cannot create data providers in the parameter dialog box - you have to create them beforehand.

Display Exceptions

(EXCEPTIONS_VISIBLE)

You use this parameter to specify whether exceptions that are activated for the base data provider are to be displayed. See also: Displaying Exceptions in Maps and Charts.

Attribute

(DISPLAY_ATTRIBUTE)

You use this parameter to enter the name of a characteristic attribute whose value is to be displayed on the map.