In accordance with the name of this page it contains three panes which are not connected to one another. The page is shown at figure 8-8.
Figure 8-8. “ObjectLand settings” property sheet, page “Misc”
The pane Do you want to show these dialogs? enables switching off display of two dialog boxes.
When the box Warning about unconsolidated GDB on close is checked, the system warns the user who finishes working with GDB in the mode with change file that he should move the changes from the change file to GDB files either at this moment or later (that is, perform GDB consolidation, see chapter 6 “Operations with GDB”, subsection “GDB consolidation”). If the checkbox is cleared the warning message is not displayed. The user should remember that before the consolidation is performed there is a risk to lose all the made changes. Losing of changes will occur if unconsolidated GDB is accidentally opened in the mode without the change file and the data in GDB is changed.
If the box Confirmation of GDB open mode is cleared the system will not display a box “Setting GDB open mode” via an associated file or GDB shortcut during ObjectLand start. Instead, the open mode set on the page “GDB opening” of the “ObjectLand settings” property sheet will be used.
The pane Drawing to enhanced metafile (EMF) is connected with execution of operations of outputting the image in Windows metafile format.
The purpose of metafiles is interchanging vector graphic information in the standard Windows format which is enhanced metafile (EMF). Unfortunately, not all Windows applications process the data of EMF format in the same way. For example, such a popular program as CorelDRAW, processes imported metafiles in a nonstandard way. In some situations CorelDRAW determines the size and slope angle of the image and processes texts incorrectly.
Additional complication in texts processing is connected with the difference in the set of fonts installed in the system which may vary for different computers. If the metafile contains references to particular fonts and these fonts are absent in the system then Windows automatically replaces them by other fonts which will result in distortion of the text appearance. A possible solution to this problem is transformation of all texts in complex graphs (paths) and it is no longer required to refer to the fonts installed in the system.
To extend the possibilities of transferring images to different application programs, the tools for tuning display of ObjectLand graphics into metafile are provided.
From the drop-down list one of the two variants of metafile generation can be selected:
Standard format – a metafile using all the possibilities of EMF format is formed;
Adaptation for loading into CoreDRAW 7 – in this case ObjectLand forms metafiles so that they should be processed by CoreDRAW correctly.
The box Texts as curves allows the user to turn on the mode of transformation of all text inscriptions into curves while forming a metafile. This eliminates dependency of the metafile from the installed fonts, however, the size of such a file can be considerably bigger than in the variant without transformations.
The pane Reorganization contains a box Keep internal numbers of records and features in GDB reorganization. The internal number is unique for every table record and for every map feature belonging to the GDB. For ObjectLand user internal numbers are invisible. When some features or GDB components are removed, unused numbers appear. In the course of operation of GDB reorganization the system can perform continuous renumbering of all records and features. If this GDB is used by some applications which have access to internal numbers, this operation should be avoided because otherwise all the references using these numbers will be mixed up.
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