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stuartclennett@gmail.com
United Kingdom
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 Posted - Jan 23 2017 : 06:49:51
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Hi,
I just tried to group/ungroup objects which works nicely.
The only change I would like to make is that all the objects in the group are resized. I understand this if the objects are of the same Kind, but it causes issues if they're of a different kind.
For example, the most common request I get is to group a Memo and an Arrow (and even an ellipse on the end of the Arrow).
When moving the end of the arrow as part of this group, it also resizes the memo & this results in the arrow and memo being visually disconnecting from each other. Users have to ungroup, make positional changes and then re-group.
Is there any way to avoid this resizing effect?
Thanks
Stuart
Stuart Clennett
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w2m
USA
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Posted - Jan 23 2017 : 12:28:03
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Yes. Just create a procedure that iterates through the objects to remove the objects from the selected list that you do not want to be grouped, then call GroupObjects(True). GroupObjects(True) determines which objects to include in a group biased on the selected objects.
Bill Miller
Adirondack Software & Graphics
Email: w2m@hughes.net
EBook: http://www.imageen.com/ebook/
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stuartclennett@gmail.com
United Kingdom
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Posted - Jan 24 2017 : 05:32:12
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Hi Bill,
Thanks for your reply. I already use [un]groupObjects(true) - which works fine.
My problem is actually with the resizing behaviour of the objects whilst grouped.
For instance, a lot of users add a memo and an arrow. The memo describing an issue with a medical photo, and the arrow pointing to the affected area.
They want to group these objects so that they can be moved around together. But I'd like to prevent all objects being resized when one of them is. I.e. moving the end of the arrow in the example:
I would ideally like to prevent the resizing of all objects in a group - and just have the group allow for moving.
Just wondered if there was a way to do that?
Thanks
Stuart
Stuart Clennett
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xequte
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Posted - Jan 26 2017 : 19:23:43
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Hi Stuart.
There is not a way to do it at present, but I will look into making it an option in the future. At any rate, in the coming version, the new TIELineLayers in TImageEnView include their own text.
Nigel
Xequte Software
www.xequte.com
nigel@xequte.com
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stuartclennett@gmail.com
United Kingdom
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Posted - Jan 30 2017 : 04:13:43
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Hi Nigel,
Thanks for the response. Look fwd to the new release :)
Cheers
Stuart Clennett
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