[Tool]

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$image\bltlrgsq_shg.gif$ Go to "Image.ini file sections"

The [Tool] section keynames correspond to certain options in the Preference Options dialog box. These keynames define the default operation of the edit and markup tools. For an explanation of user interface options, click the Help button in the Preference Options dialog box (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options).

$image\chiclet_shg.gif$ Ignored keynames

Annotation Background Mode=0 | 1 | 2

Purpose Defines whether the image background appears behind annotation text.

To Change Edit the Image.ini file.

Values 0 = image background shows behind annotation text: $image\backgrnd_shg.gif$

1 = image background is erased behind annotation text characters: $image\worderas_shg.gif$

2 = image background is erased behind annotation text characters and spaces: $image\texteras_shg.gif$

Default 0

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

Annotation Iconized = 0 | 1

Purpose Defines whether annotations initially appear as icons instead of text (as long as Simple Text is selected as the Annotation Display option in View Options).

To Change Use the "Initially Iconized" check box in the Annotation category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Annotation).

Values 0 = Do not iconize annotations on load

1 = Iconize annotations on load

Default 0

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

Annotation Text Colour = rgb-value

Purpose Defines the text color for annotations.

To Change Use the "Color" list in the Annotation category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Annotation).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 0, 0 (Red)

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Annotation Text Font = fontname <language group>

Purpose Defines the font for annotation text.

To Change Use the "Font" list in the Annotation category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Annotation).

Values fontname = the name of any font available on your system.

language group = the language group name

Default Times New Roman

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

Note Although it is not written to the ini file, the default language group is Western. If you edit the Image.ini file directly, you must insert a space between the fontname and the language group.

Annotation Text Height = size

Purpose Defines the height of the text in the selected units.

To Change Use the "Size" text box in the Annotation category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Annotation).

Values Any valid font size in selected units.

Default 0.2 in

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

Annotation Text Rotation = 0 | 900 | 1800 | 2700

Purpose Defines the annotation text orientation.

To Change Use the "Angle" list in the Annotation category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Annotation).

Values 0 = 0°

900 = 90° CCW

1800 = 180°

2700 = 90° CW

Default 0

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

Annotation Text Typeface = 0 |1 | 32 |64 | 128

Purpose Defines annotation text attributes.

To Change Use the "Style" check boxes in the Annotation category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Annotation).

Values 0 = Do not set any text attributes

1 = Bold

32 = Strikeout

64 = Underline

128 = Italic

Default 0

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

Note If more than one option is selected, the sum of the values is displayed in the INI file.

Annotation Text Width = width

Purpose Defines the width of the annotation text.

To Change Use the "Size" text box in the Annotation category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Annotation).

Values Any valid width in units selected.

Default 0.1 in

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

Note The width is set in relation to the height of the font and is determined by the Annotation text Height setting. If you wish to customize the annotation width, edit the Image.ini file.directly.

Arc Capstyle=0 | 1

Purpose Defines the style of arc line ends.

To Change Edit the Image.ini file.

Values 0 = rounded line ends

1 = squared line ends

Default 0

Editions View-Markup, View-Markup-Edit, and Scan-View-Markup-Edit

Arc Colour = rgb-value

Purpose Defines the arc color.

To Change Use the "Color" list in the Arc category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Arc).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 0, 0 (Red)

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Arc Linestyle = 1 | 2 |3 | 4

Purpose Defines the style for the arc line.

To Change Use the "Style" list in the Arc category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Arc).

Values 0 = Solid _____

1 = Dash - - - - -

2 = Dot ...........

Default 0

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

Arc Operation = 0 | 1

Purpose Defines whether arcs appear translucent or opaque.

To Change Use the "Translucent" or "Opaque" option buttons in the Arc category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Arc).

Values 0 = Opaque

1 = Translucent

Default 0

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

Arc Thickness = width

Purpose Defines the thickness of the arc line.

To Change Use the "Width" text box in the Arc category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Arc).

Values Any valid arc width in the selected units.

Default 0.005 in

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

Arrow Capstyle=0 | 1

Purpose Defines the style of arrow line ends.

To Change Edit the Image.ini file.

Values 0 = rounded line ends

1 = squared line ends

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Arrow Colour = rgb-value

Purpose Defines the arrow color.

To Change Use the "Color" list in the Arrow category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Arrow).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 0, 0 (Red)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Arrow Dual Headed = 0 | 1

Purpose Defines whether the arrow is single or double headed.

To Change Use the "Heads" options in the "Arrowhead" category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Arrow).

Values 0 = Single headed arrow

1 = Dual headed arrow

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Arrow Linestyle = 0 | 1 | 2

Purpose Defines the style of the arrow line.

To Change Use the "Style" list in the Arrow category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Arrow).

Values 0 = Solid _____

1 = Dash - - - - -

2 = Dot ...........

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Arrow Operation = 0 | 1

Purpose Defines whether arrows appear translucent or opaque.

To Change Use the "Translucent" or "Opaque" options in the Arrow category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Arrow).

Values 0 = Opaque

1 = Translucent

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Arrow Thickness= width

Purpose Defines the thickness of the arrow line.

To Change Use the "Width" text box in the Arrow category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Arrow).

Values Any valid arrow width in the selected units.

Default 0.005 in

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Arrowhead Length = length

Purpose Defines the length of the arrowhead.

To Change Use the Arrowhead "Size" text box in the Arrow category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Arrow).

Values Any valid length in units selected.

Default 0.15 in

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Arrowheads Proportional = 0 | 1

Purpose Defines whether the arrowhead is fixed or proportional.

To Change Use the Arrowhead "Size" options in the Arrow category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Arrow).

Values 0 = Fixed

1 = Proportional

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Arrowheads Solid = 0 | 1

Purpose Defines whether the arrowhead is hollow or solid.

To Change Use the Arrowhead "Style" options in the Arrow category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Arrow).

Values 0 = Hollow

1 = Solid

Default 1

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Box Fill Colour= rgb-value

Purpose Defines the interior color of an opaque or translucent box.

To Change Use the "Fill Color" list in the Box category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Box).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 0, 0 (Red)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Box Fill Style= 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Purpose Defines the style of the box’s interior.

To Change Use the "Fill Style" list in the Box category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Box).

Values 1 = Opaque

2 = Erase

4 = Hatch

3 = Translucent

0 = Transparent

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Box Hatch Style=300 | 301 | … | 352

Purpose Sets the Hatch Style for a box shape when the Fill Style is "Hatch".

To Change Use the "Hatch Style" list in the Box category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Box). Fill Style must first be set to "Hatch".

Values integer values from 300 to 352. For a complete list, see Hatch Patterns.

Default 303 = Backward Diagonal

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Box Line Colour= rgb-value

Purpose Defines the frame color of the box.

To Change Use the "Frame Color" list in the Box category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Box).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 0, 0 (Red)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Box Linestyle = 0 | 1 | 2

Purpose Defines the style for the box frame.

To Change Use the "Frame Style" list in the Box category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Box).

Values 0 = Solid _____

1 = Dash - - - - -

2 = Dot ...........

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Box Thickness = width

Purpose Defines the thickness of the box frame.

To Change Use the "Frame Width" text box in the Box category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Box).

Values Any valid box frame width in the selected units.

Default 0.005 in

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Circle Fill Colour = rgb-value

Purpose Defines the interior color of an opaque or translucent circle.

To Change Use the "Fill Color" list in the Circle category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Circle).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 0, 0 (Red)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Circle Fill Style = 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Purpose Defines the style of the circle’s interior.

To Change Use the "Fill Style" list in the Circle category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Circle).

Values 0 = Transparent

1 = Opaque

2 = Erase

3 = Translucent

4 = Hatch

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Circle Hatch Style=300 | 301 | … | 352

Purpose Sets the Hatch Style for a circle shape when the Fill Style is "Hatch".

To Change Use the "Hatch Style" list in the Circle category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Circle). Fill Style must first be set to "Hatch".

Values integer values from 300 to 352. For a complete list, see Hatch Patterns.

Default 303 = Backward Diagonal

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Circle Line Colour = rgb-value

Purpose Defines the frame color of the circle.

To Change Use the "Frame Color" list in the Circle category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Circle).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 0, 0 (Red)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Circle Linestyle= 0 | 1 | 2

Purpose Defines the style for the circle frame.

To Change Use the "Frame Style" list in the Circle category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Circle).

Values 0 = Solid _____

1 = Dash - - - - -

2 = Dot ...........

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Circle Thickness = width

Purpose Defines the thickness of the box frame.

To Change Use the "Frame Width" text box in the Circle category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Circle).

Values Any valid circle frame width in the selected units.

Default 0.005 in

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Cut/Copy Active Raster Only = 0 | 1

Purpose Defines whether cuts and copies are applied to all displayed layers

To Change Use the "Apply to Active Raster Only" check box in the Cut/Copy category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Edit, Cut/Copy).

Values 0 = Cuts and copies are applied to all displayed layers

1 = Cuts and copies are applied to the active raster layer only

Default 0

Editions All except View, Office-View-Annotate, and View-Redline

Cut/Copy Tool = 3 | 6 | 9 | 14

Purpose Defines what shape the Edit $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Cut and Edit $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Copy commands draw.

To Change Use the "Shape" list in the Cut/Copy category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Edit, Cut/Copy).

Values 3 = Box

6 = Ellipse

9 = Polygon

14 = Circle

Default 3

Editions All except View, Office-View-Annotate, and View-Redline

Dimension Arrow Dual Headed

Purpose Defines whether the dimension arrows are single or double headed.

To Change Use the "Heads" option buttons in the "Arrowhead" group in the Dimension category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Dimension).

Values 0 = Single headed arrow

1 = Dual headed arrow

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Dimension Arrowhead Length= length

Purpose Defines the length of the dimension arrowheads.

To Change Use the "Size" text box in the "Arrowhead" group in the Dimension category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Dimension).

Values Any valid length in units selected.

Default 0.15 in

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Dimension Arrowheads Proportional= 0 | 1

Purpose Defines whether the dimension arrowheads are fixed or proportional.

To Change Use the "Size" option buttons in the "Arrowhead" group in the Dimension category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Dimension).

Values 0 = Fixed

1 = Proportional

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Dimension Arrowheads Solid= 0 | 1

Purpose Defines whether the arrowhead is hollow or solid.

To Change Use the "Style" option buttons in the "Arrowhead" group in the Dimension category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Dimension).

Values 0 = Hollow

1 = Solid

Default 1

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Dimension Capstyle=0 | 1

Purpose Defines the style of dimension line ends.

To Change Edit the Image.ini file.

Values 0 = rounded line ends

1 = squared line ends

Default 0

Editions View-Markup, View-Markup-Edit, and Scan-View-Markup-Edit

Dimension Colour = rgb-value

Purpose Defines the dimension arrow color.

To Change Use the "Color" list in the Dimension category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Dimension).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 0, 0 (Red)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Dimension Linestyle = 0 | 1 | 2

Purpose Defines the style of the dimension arrow line.

To Change Use the "Style" list in the "Line" group in the Dimension category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Dimension).

Values 0 = Solid _____

1 = Dash - - - - -

2 = Dot ...........

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Dimension Operation = 0 | 1

Purpose Defines whether dimension arrows appear translucent or opaque.

To Change Use the "Translucent" or "Opaque" options in the Dimension category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Dimension).

Values 0 = Opaque

1 = Translucent

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Dimension Style = 0 | 1 | 2

Purpose Defines the placement of text and extension lines.

To Change Use the "Style" list in the Dimension category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Dimension).

Values 0 = External Linear

1 = Internal Linear

2 = Leader Text

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Dimension Text Font= fontname <language group>

Purpose Defines the font for dimension text.

To Change Use the "Font" list in the "Text" group in the Dimension category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Dimension).

Values fontname = the name of any font available on your system.

language group = the language group name.

Default Times New Roman

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

Note Although it is not written to the ini file, the default language group is Western. If you edit the Image.ini file directly, you must insert a space between the fontname and the language group.

Dimension Text Height = size

Purpose Defines the height of the dimension text in the selected units.

To Change Use the "Size" text box in the "Text" group in the Dimension category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Dimension).

Values Any valid font size in selected units.

Default 0.2 in

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

Dimension Text Rotation= 0 | 900 | 1800 | 2700

Purpose Defines the dimension text orientation.

To Change Use the "Angle" list in the "Text" group in the Dimension category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Dimension).

Values 0 = 0°

900 = 90° CCW

1800 = 180°

2700 = 90° CW

Default 0

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

Dimension Text Width = width

Purpose Defines the width of the dimension text.

To Change Use the "Size" text box in the "Text" group in the Dimension category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Dimension).

Values Any valid width in units selected.

Default 0.1 in

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

Note The width is set in relation to the height of the font and is determined by the Dimension Text Height setting. If you wish to customize the annotation width, edit the Image.ini file directly.

Dimension Text Typeface=number

Purpose Defines the dimension text attributes.

To Change Edit the Image.ini file.

Values 0 = Normal

1 = Bold

32 = Strikeout

64 = Underline
128 = Italic
Add these numbers to combine styles.

Default 0

Editions View-Markup, View-Markup-Edit, and Scan-View-Markup-Edit

Example For Bold Italic text, set the value to 129 (1 + 128 = Bold + Italic = 129).

Dimension Thickness = width

Purpose Defines the width of the dimension line.

To Change Use the "Width" text box in the "Line" group in the Dimension category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Dimension).

Values Any valid width in units selected.

Default 0.005 in

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

Ellipse Fill Colour = rgb-value

Purpose Defines the interior color of an opaque or translucent ellipse.

To Change Use the "Fill Color" list in the Ellipse category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Ellipse).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 0, 0 (Red)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Ellipse Fill Style = 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Purpose Defines the style of the ellipse’s interior.

To Change Use the "Fill Style" list in the Ellipse category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Ellipse).

Values 0 = Transparent

1 = Opaque

2 = Erase

3 = Translucent

4 = Hatch

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Ellipse Hatch Style=300 | 301 | … | 352

Purpose Sets the Hatch Style for an ellipse shape when the Fill Style is "Hatch".

To Change Use the "Hatch Style" list in the Ellipse category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Ellipse). Fill Style must first be set to "Hatch".

Values integer values from 300 to 352. For a complete list, see Hatch Patterns.

Default 303 = Backward Diagonal

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Ellipse Line Colour = rgb-value

Purpose Defines the frame color of the ellipse.

To Change Use the "Frame Color" list in the Ellipse category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Ellipse).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 0, 0 (Red)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Ellipse Linestyle = 0 | 1 | 2

Purpose Defines the style of the ellipse frame.

To Change Use the "Frame Style" list in the Ellipse category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Ellipse).

Values 0 = Solid _____

1 = Dash - - - - -

2 = Dot ...........

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Ellipse Thickness= width

Purpose Defines the thickness of the ellipse frame.

To Change Use the "Frame Width" text box in the Ellipse category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Ellipse).

Values Any valid ellipse frame width in the selected units.

Default 0.005 in

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Erase Area Linestyle=0 | 1 | 2 | ...

Purpose Defines the dashing pattern of the frame around areas that are drawn with the Erase Area tool.

To Change Edit the Image.ini file.

Values 0 = Solid _____

1 = Dash - - - - -

2 = Dot ...........

Other integer = custom dashing pattern

Default 0

Editions All except View, Office-View-Annotate, and View-Redline

Erase Area Thickness = width

Purpose Defines the thickness of object lines in the specified units.

To Change Use the "Frame Width" text box in the Erase Area category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Edit, Erase Area).

Values Any valid object line width in the selected units.

Default 0.005 in

Editions All except View, Office-View-Annotate, and View-Redline

Note Because the frame is the same as the background color, we recommend you keep this at the default of 0.005 inch.

Erase Area Tool = 3 | 6 | 9 | 14

Purpose Defines what shape the Edit $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Cut and Edit $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Copy commands draw.

To Change Use the "Shape" list in the Erase Area category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Edit, Erase Area).

Values 3 = Box

6 = Ellipse

9 = Polygon

14 = Circle

Default 3

Editions All except View, Office-View-Annotate, and View-Redline

Highlight Area Fill Colour = rgb-value

Purpose Defines the interior color of an opaque or translucent highlight area.

To Change Use the "Fill Color" list in the Highlight Area (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Highlight Area).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 255, 0 (Yellow)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Highlight Area Line Colour = rgb-value

Purpose Defines the frame color of the highlight area.

To Change Use the "Frame Color" list in the Highlight Area category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Highlight Area).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 255, 0 (Yellow)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Highlight Area Linestyle=0 | 1 | 2 | ...

Purpose Defines the dashing pattern of the frame around areas that are drawn with the Highlight Area tool.

To Change Edit the Image.ini file.

Values 0 = Solid _____

1 = Dash - - - - -

2 = Dot ...........

Other integer = custom dashing pattern

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Highlight Area Thickness= width

Purpose Defines the thickness of object lines in the specified units.

To Change Use the "Frame Width" text box in the Highlight Area category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Highlight Area).

Values Any valid object line width in the selected units.

Default 0.005 in

Editions All except View, Office-View-Annotate, and View-Redline

Highlight Area Tool= 3 | 6 | 9 | 14

Purpose Defines the shape the highlight area.

To Change Use the "Shape" list in the Highlight Area category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Highlight Area).

Values 3 = Box

6 = Ellipse

9 = Polygon

14 = Circle

Default 3

Editions All except View, Office-View-Annotate, and View-Redline

Highlighter Capstyle=0 | 1

Purpose Defines the style of highlighter line ends.

To Change Edit the Image.ini file.

Values 0 = rounded line ends

1 = squared line ends

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Highlighter Colour = rgb-value

Purpose Defines the highlighter color.

To Change Use the "Color" list in the Highlighter category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Highlighter).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 255, 0 (Yellow)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Highlighter Linestyle=0 | 1 | 2 | ...

Purpose Defines the dashing pattern of lines drawn with the Highlighter tool.

To Change Edit the Image.ini file.

Values 0 = Solid _____

1 = Dash - - - - -

2 = Dot ...........

Other integer = custom dashing pattern

Default 0

Editions All except View, View-Redline, and Scan-View-Edit

Highlighter Thickness = width

Purpose Defines the highlighter width.

To Change Use the "Width" list in the Highlighter category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Highlighter).

Values Any valid highlighter width in units selected.

Default 0.15 in

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Hotspot Area Fill Colour = rgb-value

Purpose Defines the interior color of an opaque or translucent Hotspot area.

To Change Use the "Fill Color" list in the Hotspot category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Hotspot).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 255, 0 (Yellow)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Hotspot Area Fill Style = 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Purpose Defines the style of the ellipse’s interior.

To Change Use the "Fill Style" list in the Hotspot category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Hotspot).

Values 0 = Transparent

1 = Opaque

2 = Erase

3 = Translucent

4 = Hatch

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Hotspot Area Line Colour= rgb-value

Purpose Defines the frame color of the Hotspot area.

To Change Use the "Frame Color" list in the Hotspot category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Hotspot).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 255, 0 (Yellow)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Hotspot Area Linestyle = 0 | 1 | 2

Purpose Defines the style of the Hotspot frame.

To Change Use the "Frame Style" list in the Hotspot category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Hotspot).

Values 0 = Solid _____

1 = Dash - - - - -

2 = Dot ...........

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Hotspot Area Thickness = width

Purpose Defines the Hotspot frame width.

To Change Use the "Frame Width" list in the Hotspot category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Hotspot).

Values Any valid Hotspot frame width in units selected.

Default 0.005 in

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Hotspot Data Prompt=0 | 1

Purpose Defines whether a prompt for hotspot data appears when hotspots are placed.

To Change Edit the Image.ini file.

Values 0 = do not display prompt for data.

1 = display prompt for data on hotspot placement.

Default 1

Editions View-Markup, View-Markup-Edit, and Scan-View-Markup-Edit

Note This keyname value can be overwritten by an API integration.

Hotspot Icon Index = icon

Purpose Defines which hotspot icon to place.

To Change Using the "Shape" list, select "Icon" in the Hotspot category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Hotspot). You can now scroll through the available Hotspot icons using the arrows beneath the Icon preview.

Values Any available Hotspot icon.

Default $image\hotspot_shg.gif$

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Hotspot Single Line Edit=0 | 1

Purpose Defines whether the Hotspot Data dialog box appears with a multi-line or a single-line text box.

To Change Edit the Image.ini file.

Values 0 = multi-line text box used in Hotspot Data dialog box. Picture

1 = single-line text box used in Hotspot Data dialog box. Position of dialog box saved. Picture

Default 0

Editions View-Markup, View-Markup-Edit, and Scan-View-Markup-Edit

Hotspot Tool = 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 24

Purpose Defines which hotspot Hotspot tool to use.

To Change Use the "Shape" list in the Hotspot category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Hotspot).

Values 2 = Symbol

3 = Box

6 = Ellipse

9 = Polygon

14 = Circle

24 = Icon

Default 3

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Line Capstyle = 0 | 1

Purpose Defines the style for line ends.

To Change Use the "Cap Round" and "Cap Square" options in the Line category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Line).

Values 0 = Cap Round

1 = Cap Square

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Line Colour = rgb-value

Purpose Defines the color of the line.

To Change Use the "Color" list in the Line category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Line).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 0, 0 (Red)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Line Linestyle = 0 | 1 | 2

Purpose Defines the style of the line.

To Change Use the "Style" list in the Line category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Line).

Values 0 = Solid _____

1 = Dash - - - - -

2 = Dot ...........

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Line Operation= 0 | 1

Purpose Defines whether lines appear translucent or opaque.

To Change Use the "Translucent" or "Opaque" options in the Line category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Line).

Values 0 = Opaque

1 = Translucent

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Line Thickness = width

Purpose Defines the line width.

To Change Use the "Width" text box in the Line category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Line).

Values Any valid line width in units selected.

Default 0.005 in

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Object Colour=0 | 1 | 2 | ... | 15 or RRR,GGG,BBB

Purpose Defines the color of the specified object.

To Change Sixteen colors can be selected through the dialog boxes. To use any other color, you have to edit the Image.ini file.

Values Any color from 0 (background) to 15 (foreground). Color options
or
Any combination of a red value (0 to 255), a green value (0 to 255), and a blue value (0 to 255), each separated by a comma, where 0 means no color and 255 means the maximum amount of that color. Windows color tip

Default For most "Colour" keynames, it is red (255,0,0). For "Highlighter Colour" and "Highlight Area Fill Colour", it is yellow (255,255,0).

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Paste Colour =rgb-value

Purpose Defines the foreground color of bilevel pasted objects.

To Change Use the "Color" list in the Paste category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Edit, Paste).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 128, 128, 128 (Dark Gray)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Paste Operation = 0 | 1

Purpose Defines whether pastes appear translucent or opaque.

To Change Use the "Translucent" or "Opaque" options in the Paste category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Edit, Paste).

Values 0 = Opaque

1 = Translucent

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Polygon Fill Colour = rgb-value

Purpose Defines the interior color of an opaque or translucent polygon.

To Change Use the "Fill Color" list in the Polygon category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Polygon).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 0, 0 (Red)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Polygon Fill Style = 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Purpose Defines the style of the polygon’s interior.

To Change Use the "Fill Style" list in the Polygon category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Polygon).

Values 0 = Transparent

1 = Opaque

2 = Erase

3 = Translucent

4 = Hatch

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Polygon Hatch Style=300 | 301 | … | 352

Purpose Sets the Hatch Style for a polygon shape when the Fill Style is "Hatch".

To Change Use the "Hatch Style" list in the Polygon category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Polygon). Fill Style must first be set to "Hatch".

Values integer values from 300 to 352. For a complete list, see Hatch Patterns.

Default 303 = Backward Diagonal

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Polygon Line Colour = rgb-value

Purpose Defines the color of the polygon frame.

To Change Use the "Frame Color" list in the Polygon category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Polygon).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 0, 0 (Red)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Polygon Linestyle = 0 | 1 | 2

Purpose Defines the style of the polygon frame.

To Change Use the "Frame Style" list in the Polygon category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Polygon).

Values 0 = Solid _____

1 = Dash - - - - -

2 = Dot ...........

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Polygon Thickness = width

Purpose Defines the polygon frame width.

To Change Use the "Frame Width" text box in the Polygon category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Polygon).

Values Any valid line width in units selected.

Default 0.005 in

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Polyline Capstyle=0 | 1

Purpose Defines the style of polyline ends.

To Change Edit the Image.ini file.

Values 0 = rounded line ends

1 = squared line ends

Default 0

Polyline Colour = rgb-value

Purpose Defines the polyline color.

To Change Use the "Color" list in the Polyline category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Polyline).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 0, 0 (Red)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Polyline Linestyle = 0 | 1 | 2

Purpose Defines the style of the polyline.

To Change Use the "Style" list in the Polyline category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Polyline).

Values 0 = Solid _____

1 = Dash - - - - -

2 = Dot ...........

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Polyline Operation = 0 | 1

Purpose Defines whether polylines appear translucent or opaque.

To Change Use the "Translucent" or "Opaque" options in the Polyline category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Polyline).

Values 0 = Opaque

1 = Translucent

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Polyline Thickness = width

Purpose Defines the polyline width.

To Change Use the "Width" text box in the Polyline category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Polyline).

Values Any valid line width in units selected.

Default 0.005 in

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Rubout Capstyle=0 | 1

Purpose Defines the style of rubout line ends.

To Change Edit the Image.ini file.

Values 0 = rounded line ends

1 = squared line ends

Default 0

Editions All except View, Office-View-Annotate, and View-Redline

Rubout Linestyle=0 | 1 | 2 | ...

Purpose Defines the dashing pattern of lines drawn with the Rubout tool.

To Change Edit the Image.ini file.

Values 0 = Solid _____

1 = Dash - - - - -

2 = Dot ...........

Other integer = custom dashing pattern

Default 0

Editions All except View, Office-View-Annotate, and View-Redline

Rubout Thickness = width

Purpose Defines the thickness of rubout lines for the active edit layer in the current session only.

To Change Use the "Width" scroll box in the Rubout (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Edit, Rubout).

Values Any valid measurement from drop down list

Default 0.1 in

Editions All except View, Office-View-Annotate and View-Redline

Sketch Capstyle=0 | 1

Purpose Defines the style of sketch line ends.

To Change Edit the Image.ini file.

Values 0 = rounded line ends

1 = squared line ends

Default 0

Editions View-Markup, View-Markup-Edit, and Scan-View-Markup-Edit

Sketch Colour = rgb-value

Purpose Defines the sketching color.

To Change Use the "Color" list in the Sketch category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Sketch).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 0, 0 (Red)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Sketch Linestyle = 0 | 1 | 2

Purpose Defines the style of the sketching line.

To Change Use the "Style" list in the Sketch category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Sketch).

Values 0 = Solid _____

1 = Dash - - - - -

2 = Dot ...........

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Sketch Operation = 0 | 1

Purpose Defines whether the sketch appears translucent or opaque.

To Change Use the "Translucent" or "Opaque" options in the Polyline category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Polyline).

Values 0 = Opaque

1 = Translucent

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Sketch Thickness = width

Purpose Defines the sketch width.

To Change Use the "Width" text box in the Sketch category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Sketch).

Values Any line width in units selected.

Default 0.005 in

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Symbol Filename=file-name

Purpose Defines the drive, directory, and file name of the symbol file to use.

To Change Use the "Name" text box in the Symbol category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Symbol).

Values Any valid pathname.

Default None

Editions View-Markup, View-Markup-Edit, and Scan-View-Markup-Edit

Symbol Glyph=font-number

Purpose Defines the character (or glyph) in a font file that you want to use as the default symbol.

To Change Edit the Image.ini file.

Values An integer corresponding to the font character that you want to use.

Default 0 (first glyph)

Editions View-Markup, View-Markup-Edit, and Scan-View-Markup-Edit

See also "Retain Last Active Symbol" keyname ([File] section)

Text Background Mode=0 | 1 | 2

Purpose Defines whether the image background appears behind text objects.

To Change For option 0 or 2, use the "Erase Background" check box in the Text category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Text). For option 1, edit the Image.ini file.

Values 0 = image background shows behind text object: $image\backgrnd_shg.gif$

1 = image background is erased behind text characters: $image\worderas_shg.gif$

2 = image background is erased behind text characters and spaces: $image\texteras_shg.gif$

Default 0

Text Colour= rgb-value

Purpose Defines the text color.

To Change Use the "Color" list in the Text category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Text).

Values RGB value of selected color

Default 255, 0, 0 (Red)

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

See also Object Colour keyname

Text Fill Style=1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Purpose Sets a fill style for text objects.

To Change For values 1 and 3, use the "Opaque" and "Translucent" buttons in the Text category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Text). For the other values, edit the Image.ini file.

Values 1 = opaque text. Picture

2 = erase text. Picture

3 = translucent text. Picture

4 = hatch text. Picture

5 = transparent text. Picture

Default 1

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Text Font = fontname <language group>

Purpose Defines the font and language group (if applicable) for text.

To Change Use the "Font" list in the Text category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Text).

Values fontname = the name of any font available on your system.

language group = the language group name.

Default Times New Roman

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Note Although it is not written to the ini file, the default language group is Western. If you edit the Image.ini file directly, you must insert a space between the fontname and the language group.

Text Font Attributes = 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16

Purpose Defines text attributes Outline, Superscript, Subscript, Small Caps and All Caps.

To Change Use the check boxes in the Text category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Text).

Values 16 = Outline

8 = Superscript

4 = Subscript

2 = All Caps

1 = Small Caps

0 = None

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Note If more than one option is selected, the sum of the values is displayed in the INI file.

Text Height = size

Purpose Defines the height of text in the selected units.

To Change Use the "Size" list in the Text category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Text).

Values Any valid font size in selected units.

Default 0.2 in

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Text Rotation = 0 | 900 | 1800 | 2700

Purpose Defines text orientation.

To Change Use the "Angle" list in the Text category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Text).

Values 0 = 0°

900 = 90° CCW

1800 = 180°

2700 = 90° CW

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Text Typeface= 0 |1 | 32 |64 | 128

Purpose Defines text attributes.

To Change Use the "Style" check boxes in the Text category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Text).

Values 0 = Erase Background

1 = Bold

32 = Strikeout

64 = Underline

128 = Italic

Default 0

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Note If more than one option is selected, the sum of the values is displayed in the INI file.

Text Width= width

Purpose Defines the width of text.

To Change Use the "Size" text box in the Text category (Preference $image\lgarrow_shg.gif$ Options, $image\plus_shg.gif$ Tool, Text).

Values Any valid width in units selected.

Default 0.1 in

Editions All except View and Scan-View-Edit

Note The width is set in relation to the height of the font and is determined by the Text Height setting. If you wish to customize the text width, edit the Image.ini file.directly.