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> -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/Images-into-custom-symbols-tp1818670p5206515.html Sent from the MapGuide Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users
