Joe, I have added suggestions #1401, #1402 based on your feedback.
Best regards, Dennis On Mar 21, 2008, at 1:55 PM, Dennis Brown wrote: >> 1. Plot with GFX functions to a layer above all other layers >> (Foreground) and a layer below all other layers and the chart layer >> (Background). >> 2. GFX plots to each layer should remember their plots between AFL >> passes and only clear a layer when plotting first time again in a new >> AFL pass. >> 3. GFX plots should not cause the chart plots to clear. >> >> Why would I like these? >> First, I currently generate some informational cell and button plots >> with GFX functions. I can plot them above the chart, but not above >> the other layers that have my tend lines, etc. This creates problems >> reading the text in the cell or button, and potential problems >> selecting line elements running over the buttons. Even if future >> versions of AB allow more control over the chart area so there is >> more >> room for these informational displays, the regular layers still >> currently cover more than the chart plot area. Herman has shown us >> how to create essentially pull down buttons running along the top of >> the chart. These buttons need to be plotted above everything else >> for >> a clean interface. >> >> Second, I can speed up my AFL processing (and I do a lot of >> processing), if I am able to only recalculate (and re-plot) on a new >> bar (re-plotting the last bar only in a GFX layer). However, I still >> want to plot and interact with the GFX layer buttons in the mean >> time. >> >> Plotting order for normal chart plots: >> >> Something that is on the AB to do list is having more direct control >> over the plot order in charts. The difficulties of this have been >> discussed before on this list. One possible strategy is to extend >> this idea of the GFX plot layers to a more general case. For >> instance >> if there were 8 or 16 layers that could be specified for the target >> of >> a plot. Within a layer, the plots would operate the same as >> currently >> is the case. However, selecting a different layer would result in >> the >> ability to plot above or below a previous plot command without regard >> to its placement in the AFL formula. >
