Pitney Bowes MapXtreme - Manual (Page 436)

Chapter 23: Workspace Manager
Using Workspace Manager Features
MapXtreme v7.1 443 Developer Guide
If you want to add a translucent label over your map as shown by this example:
1. In Workspace Manager’s Layer Control, select the "root" node in the layer control (this
corresponds to the map). In the Style tab select Enable Translucency.
2. Select the label source in the layer control and go to the Style tab.
3. Click the Text style button to display the Text Style dialog.
4. Use the translucency trackbar to select how translucent you want your label color to be. The
above example shows text at 80% foreground translucency.
How to Apply Translucent Effects to Themes
You can apply translucent effects to thematic maps. The following example shows a ranged theme
applied to a city boundary layer. The layer is positioned on top of the rest of the layers.
If translucency is enabled, you can select a translucent value for the start and end theme ranges
(bins), and automatically spread the color. This will also automatically spread the translucent value
between the start and end theme bins. For example, the theme in the above map has a translucency
value of 75% for the start bin (gray) and 50% for the end bin (red). Since this theme has 3 bins, the
middle bin is automatically given a translucency value of 63% (50 through 75 spread equally).
Curved Labels
Curved labels are labels that follow the curve of a line. They enhance the appearance of map
features that are made up of lines, such as streets and rivers.
Curved labels are generated in the Workspace Manager by selecting the label layer, then selecting
Curve labels along segments in the Position tab. For information on rendering curved labels via
the API, see the ILayout Interface section of the MapXtreme Developer Reference.