Class CMView extends CMItem

CMView Class

This class manages the canvas and allows the map to be zoomed and panned.
It also provides commont painting functions such as rectangles, circles,
text, and rasters. The functions are available with locations in pixel
or reference (map) coordinate values.

The view is also an item that can appear in other views. This is important
for authors working with 3D scenes to be able to see where their views are.

Settings Group: Position

Setting	Name	Type	Options	Default	Comments
Translations	Position Offset Vector	CMTYPE_VECTOR		null,Initial:[1,1]	x,y, and z values to offset the item
Scales	Scaling Vector	CMTYPE_VECTOR		null,Initial:[1,1]	x,y, and z scaling values for the item's size

Settings Group: View

Setting	Name	Type	Options	Default	Comments
CollisionChecking	Collision Checking	CMTYPE_BOOLEAN		true
GesturePanDistance	Gesture Pan Distance	CMTYPE_FLOAT		8	Distance to move with each pan event in pixels
GestureZoomAmount	Gesture Zoom Amount	CMTYPE_FLOAT		0.05	Amount to zoom in and out on pinch events

Open Open CMTYPE_BOOLEAN false true if the object is open in the editor tree Name Name CMTYPE_STRING Name that appears in the item and layer lists Status Status CMTYPE_INDEXES CMSTATUS_OPTIONS, Default:CMSTATUS_SELECTABLE CMSTATUS_SELECTABLE How the item appears to the user and how the user can PixelTolerance Pixel Tolerance CMTYPE_FLOAT 6 distance from a point or polyline the user needs to click to select it.

Object Functions

Inherited From: CMItem

Returns	Function	Throws
	AddMapElement(TheElement)
	GetCanvasElement()
	SaveStyle()
	RestoreStyle()
	Paint()

Object Functions

AddMapElement(TheElement)

Add a new map element to the scene (e.g. a scale bar)

Parameters:
    TheElement -

GetCanvasElement()

Get the Canvas element associated with this view.

SaveStyle()

Saves the current style to a stack

RestoreStyle()

Restores the style from the stack

Paint()

Paints the contents of the view. Called by the Scene which is called by the
CanvasMap object.