Setting PLine color with Pen Patterns

[Bryan Kubishta]

Hi all!  I'm addressing a bunch of issues in our MapBasic code and have arrived at a problem I don't see how to address.  When drawing PLine objects with a pen that has end points, the middle of each line segment is always drawn black but the end nodes are shown in the color specified.  So for example picking a simple PLine with Pen(2, 2, BLUE) we get a line completely blue as expected.  But if I use Pen(2, 80, BLUE) the dots at the segment ends are blue but the line connecting them is black.

Is there a way to change this behavior?  Especially on a per-PLine basis, not by modifying some sort of global default.

[Peter Horsbøll Møller]

Hi Bryan

 

You could add a new line style to the pen file that comes with MapInfo Pro.

I would however recommend using a stacked style on a layer override.

 

See this post: MapInfo Monday: Combining Line Styles on Layers

 

Alternative, as I also suggest in the post, use two thematic maps for your layer.

 

Peter

 

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Peter Horsbøll Møller

Principal Sales Engineer - Distinguished Engineer

Precisely.com

 

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Hi all!  I'm addressing a bunch of issues in our MapBasic code and have arrived at a problem I don't see how to address.  When drawing PLine objects with a pen that has end points, the middle of each line segment is always drawn black but the end nodes are shown in the color specified.  So for example picking a simple PLine with Pen(2, 2, BLUE) we get a line completely blue as expected.  But if I use Pen(2, 80, BLUE) the dots at the segment ends are blue but the line connecting them is black.

 

Is there a way to change this behavior?  Especially on a per-PLine basis, not by modifying some sort of global default.

 

 

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