[mapguide-users] Re: Images into custom symbols

[Jason Birch]

As far as I know, it supports jpg/gif/png. Would have to read the code
or ask a developer to be sure.

Studio's support for the other items in a symbol library is a bit of a
black box to me. I want to say that it may have converted to dwf, but
do not have any experience with those. Everything I've done so far is
simple symbols, placed images (like your example) or full-on vector
symbols using advanced stylization.

Seen this yet?

http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/wiki/AdvancedStylization

Jason

On 2010-06-21, Steve G <steve.golden at morganhill.ca.gov> wrote:
>
> This is an old post with no replies, however, I am pretty much trying to do
> the same thing (use an image as a symbol).  I reviewed the
> http://www.rand.com/imaginit/1/pdfs/technology/software/building_symbol_libraries_with_autodesk_mapguide_enterprise_2009.pdf
> Building Symbol Libraries document  and it says the image maybe a PNG file
> or "in the Reference element as a link to the image stored as Resource Data
> within the resource database."
>
> I have been able to use the Symbol Definition below with PNG symbols, but if
> I change the file type to something else (EMF, BMP, etc), it doesn't work.
> Can someone provide some direciton and perhaps some sample code?  I am not
> sure what the above documentation means to "link to the image stored as
> Resource Data".
>
> Also, can someone confirm what image file types can be used?  I saw some
> documentation for Mapguide Studio that said Studio supported the following:
> Bitmap (BMP), Device Independent Bitmap (DIB), Enhanced Metafile (EMF),
> TrueType Fonts (TTF), Windows Metafile (WMF), Portable Network Graphics
> (PNG), Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPG/JPEG).  Is this Mapguide's
> limitation as well?  I am using MGOS 2.1 (soon to be on 2.2).
>
> THANKS!!!
>
>
> <SimpleSymbolDefinition
> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
> xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
> xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="SymbolDefinition-1.0.0.xsd" version="1.0.0">
>   <Name>Police</Name>
>   <Graphics>
>     <Image>
>       <ResizeControl>'ResizeNone'</ResizeControl>
>       <Reference>
>         <ResourceId />
>         <LibraryItemName>'RainHatManhole2.PNG'</LibraryItemName>
>       </Reference>
>       <SizeX>4.0</SizeX>
>       <SizeY>4.0</SizeY>
>       <SizeScalable>True</SizeScalable>
>       <Angle>0.0</Angle>
>       <PositionX>0.0</PositionX>
>       <PositionY>0.0</PositionY>
>     </Image>
>   </Graphics>
>   <PointUsage>
>     <Angle>%ROTATION_ANGLE%</Angle>
>   </PointUsage>
>   <ParameterDefinition>
>     <Parameter>
>       <Identifier>ROTATION_ANGLE</Identifier>
>       <DefaultValue>0.0</DefaultValue>
>       <DisplayName>Angle to rotate symbol</DisplayName>
>     </Parameter>
>   </ParameterDefinition>
> </SimpleSymbolDefinition>
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