Do you have any suggestions for how I might create this functionality using the GISDK?
--- In [email protected], Armando Scalise <armando.scalise@...> wrote: > > The statement "to select only certain sets" needs some clarifying: in MT > we do not select sets, we create sets (or add/remove features to/from > existing sets) by selecting features according to some criteria. And all > criteria must be related to the characteristics of the feature, not of the > set. > > The criteria of whether the set a feature belongs to is visible, invisble, > or hidden is not one you can use in the selection tools. ( The only > execption being Select By Condition, which allows you to operate on those > features that are located within the current map scope only ... but this > is independent of whether the points are visible or hidden, it only depends > of a characteristic of the feature: being or not within a certain scope). > > In order to do what you want, and assuming you want to select features form > multiple sets according to one ore more criteria, one potential approach is > to make temporary subsets using the criterias of your choice (for example, > Select By Location) and then applying Combine Selection recurrently to get > your final set. > > At any rate, if the combination of sets and criterias is more than just > a handful, ( you may very well want to select features from one set based > on more than one criteria, like selecting available properties for rent > that are away from an industrial area and close enough to a metro station > ... and so on) I strongly recommend writing some quick macros with GISDK > to avoid painful processing. > > I hope this helps. > > Armando > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:40 PM, swag_ner_pth <swag_ner_pth@...>wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I have several sets created from one layer. What I would like to be able > > to do is use the select by circle or area tool to select only certain sets. > > So if I have two sets and one set is on (visible) and the other is off > > (invisible or inactive) only the visible sets would be selected. > > > > I know how to use select by condition but it is faster, easier, and more > > user friendly to use the area/circle tools. > > > > > > > > > > -- > Armando Scalise > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maptitude/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maptitude/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
