TrueTypeMarkerSymbol

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The TrueTypeMarkerSymbol is used to display features on a map using TrueType font characters. Default parameter values are indicated in brackets [ ].

setAngle

Angle of rotation in degrees.

Parameters:

setAngle="0.0 - 360.0" [0]

setAngleField

The field in the database that contains the angle of rotation for a TRUETYPEMARKERSYMBOL. The field can be in the layer table or in a joined table. Performance is generally better if the field name is all uppercase. When joined tables or fully qualified ArcSDE names are used for the field name in a map definition file, this file cannot be read locally in ArcGIS Server (ArcIMS) Author or ArcExplorer 9.

  • For shapefiles with no joined tables, the field can be referenced using the short format.
    anglefield="AREA"
  • For shapefiles with joined tables, the name of the joined table must be included along with the field.
    anglefield="JOINEDTABLE.AREA"
  • For ArcSDE layers without joined tables, the field can be referenced using the short format.
    anglefield="AREA"
    anglefield="ARCSDENAME.TABLE.AREA"
  • For ArcSDE layers with joined tables, joined fields must be referenced using the fully qualified format.
    anglefield="ARCSDENAME.TABLE.AREA"

If both angle and anglefield are used, the attribute angle takes precedence.

Parameters:

setAngleField="string"

setAntialiasing

Use setAntialiasing to make the edges of a line smoother by padding pixels with intermediate colors. When set to true, antialiasing is active.

Note: When antialiasing is active, the time to generate a map increases.

Parameters:

setAntialiasing="true|false" [false]

setCharacter

Text character ASCII value. The character must be a value between 32 and 65535 in a character map for fonts. Characters 0-31 are nonprintable and cannot be used.

Parameters:

setCharacter="32-65535" []

setFont

Font name. The name is case-sensitive. If font name uses an ampersand (&), use & instead. For example, ESRI Transportation & Civic should be written as ESRI Transportation & Civic. For Feature Services, the font must reside on the client machine or else the system default font is used.

Parameters:

setFont= "Any system font" [Arial]

setFontColor

Font color using RGB values.

Parameters:

setFontcolor="0,0,0 - 255,255,255" [0,0,0]

setFontSize

Font size.

Parameters:

setFontsize="1 - NNN" [12]

setFontStyle

Font style.

Parameters:

setFontstyle="regular | bold | italic | underline | outline | bolditalic" [regular]

setGlowing

Glow color around symbol using RGB values.

Parameters:

setGlowing="0,0,0 - 255,255,255"

setOutline

Outline color using RGB values.

Parameters:

setOutline="0,0,0 - 255,255,255"

setOverlap

Determines if labels can overlap this symbol. When set to true, labels can overlap. When set to false, labels will not overlap the symbol. If labels are not drawing as expected, check if overlap is set to false for this symbol or any other symbol in the ArcGIS Server (ArcIMS) service.

Parameters:

setOverlap="true | false" [true]

setRotateMethod

The following methods of calculating angles are available and apply to both angle and anglefield:

  • geographic. An angle of 0 is north, and angles are calculated clockwise from north.
  • arithmetic. An angle of 0 is east, and angles are calculated counterclockwise from east.
  • mod_arithmetic. An angle of 0 is north, and angles are calculated counterclockwise from north.

Parameters:

setRotateMethod="geographic | arithmetic | mod_arithmetic" 
[mod_arithmetic]

setShadow

Shadow color using RGB values.

Parameters:

setShadow="0,0,0 - 255,255,255"

setTransparency

Value to set percentage of transparency. A value of 1.0 is 0 percent transparent and a value of 0.0 is 100 percent transparent.

Parameters:

setTransparency="0.0 - 1.0" [1.0]

setUseCentroid

By default, a marker symbol used on polygon layers draws markers at all polygon vertices. If usecentroid is set to true, the marker is placed in the centroid of the polygon. If multiple polygon parts exist, the marker falls on the part with the biggest area.

Parameters:

setUseCentroid ="true | false" [false]

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