MapInfo legend - some space between symbols & text

[Markku....@ytv.fi]

Hello all!

Any ideas on how to get some space between the symbols and text in a legend?

My problem is that I've created a legend (see attached descending_list.JPG) where the symbols & text seem to overlap - specially on the first few rows. I managed to solve the problem by sorting the list in another way (see attached ascending_list.JPG). However I started to wonder if there is a way of specifying the width of the gap between the symbols & text.

Tried to find the answer on this list, in the MapInfo help files & user guide. Even browsed through the MapBasic statements but didn't find any answers. Any suggestions? I'm using the finnish version of MapInfo 9.0.

rgrds, Markku Huotari

<<descending_list.JPG>> <<ascending_list.JPG>>

[Peter Horsbøll Møller]

Markku,

Have you tried selecting "Pieni" or "Suuri" in the section "Malling Koko" ?
In English that would be Small or Large Swatch Size.


Peter Horsbøll Møller
Pitney Bowes Business Insight - MapInfo

2009/11/26 <Markku....@ytv.fi>

[Phil Wyatt]

I was able to add some spaces by going to the workspace file and doing some edits - no idea if you can do this via mapbasic (I am only a basic user)

 

set legend

  layer 5

    display on

    shades on

    symbols off

    lines off

    count on

    title auto Font ("Arial",0,9,0)

    subtitle auto Font ("Arial",0,8,0)

    ascending on

    ranges Font ("Arial",0,8,0)

      auto display off ,

      "            Inspection and pulling" display on ,

      "Inspection and spraying" display on

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[Sunnie]

hi all

this is what i do for that problem

Have you looked at the character map
it is what i use
try using
Alt 0160 --------- This is a space

Sunnie

On Nov 27, 9:43 am, Phil Wyatt <Phil.Wy...@parks.tas.gov.au> wrote:
> I was able to add some spaces by going to the workspace file and doing some edits - no idea if you can do this via mapbasic (I am only a basic user)
>
> set legend
>   layer 5
>     display on
>     shades on
>     symbols off
>     lines off
>     count on
>     title auto Font ("Arial",0,9,0)
>     subtitle auto Font ("Arial",0,8,0)
>     ascending on
>     ranges Font ("Arial",0,8,0)
>       auto display off ,
>       "            Inspection and pulling" display on ,
>       "Inspection and spraying" display on
>

> From: Markku.Huot...@ytv.fi [mailto:Markku.Huot...@ytv.fi]
> Sent: Thursday, 26 November 2009 8:58 PM
> To: mapi...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: [MI-L] MapInfo legend - some space between symbols & text
>
> Hello all!
>
> Any ideas on how to get some space between the symbols and text in a legend?
>
> My problem is that I've created a legend (see attached descending_list.JPG) where the symbols & text seem to overlap - specially on the first few rows. I managed to solve the problem by sorting the list in another way (see attached ascending_list.JPG). However I started to wonder if there is a way of specifying the width of the gap between the symbols & text.
>
> Tried to find the answer on this list, in the MapInfo help files & user guide. Even browsed through the MapBasic statements but didn't find any answers. Any suggestions? I'm using the finnish version of MapInfo 9.0.
>
> rgrds, Markku Huotari
>
> <<descending_list.JPG>> <<ascending_list.JPG>>
>
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[Houtari]

Thanks for the suggestions. I ended up using Phil's advice eventhough
Sunnie's trick works as well! I also tried Peter's trick but didn't
notice any difference?

rgrds, Markku