Richard
You can do it in Layout with a "mask". Make a solid rectangle object
big enough so its borders are outside your printable area. Make another
one the size you want your frame and cut a hole in the first where you
want to see your map.
Place the constructed mask in front of the frame with the map in . The
map can then be moved around and have its scale changed without its
"apparent" frame moving. So for printing and appearance purposes you
have what you want. Other map components can sit in front of this mask.
A bit of a workaround I know, but I don't know what your ultimate aim is.
Regards
Rod Dawney
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Richard Dibley wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> When you change the Scale on Paper setting for a layout Frame object, the
> size of the Frame changes because it represents the contents of the map
> window it is based on, right?
>
> What I want to do is fix the size and position of a layout frame but still
> be able to control the scale on the paper. This would therefore mean that
> the zoom ratio of the map window would have to change.
>
> Does anyone know of a way to do this? Possibly a MapBasic solution?
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Richard
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