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The selection in the Graph window uses the same pen and brush styles that are used to highlight selected
objects in the Map window.
Using the Graph Select Tool
When you select objects in a Graph window using the Graph Select tool, you also change the current
selection in the graphed table. Your Graph window selection must correspond to a row in the table. Your
Graph window selection will be reflected in the Map or Browser window.
To select rows in the table being graphed:
1. Click on the Graph Select tool from the Main toolbar.
2. Click on a part of the graph that corresponds to a row in the table (riser bar, pie wedge). MapInfo
Professional updates the current selection.
This change is reflected in Map and Browser windows displaying the same table. If you click on an area
of the graph that does not correspond to a table row, the selection is cancelled (like Query > Unselect
All).
Pressing Shift in the Graph window adds or removes the target item to the selection list.
For some graph types there is no relationship between the graph objects and rows in the table
(for example, histogram). For these graph types the Graph Select tool is not available and the
current selection will not be highlighted in the Graph window. Note:
If you select an object in the Graph window that does not correspond to a row in the table, any other
selections in the Graph window are cleared. As in other types of windows, selecting multiple objects by
Shift-clicking works the same way in Graph windows-either adding the target object to, or removing it
from, the selection.
Selecting graph objects with the Graph Select tool is not the same process as selecting objects in the
Graph window to edit the graph object. The default mode is to select graph objects with the Select tool
in order to edit them. To select graph objects for the purpose of changing the selections in the table, you
must use the Graph Select tool. In some graph types, there is no relationship between the graph objects
and the rows in the table, for example, histograms. The Graph Select tool is unavailable for these graph
types. Selections in the Graph window will not highlight any records or map objects in the table.
Saving a Graph
Graphs are saved to workspaces. For each Graph window in the workspace, MapInfo Professional saves
a uniquely named .3TF file in the same directory as the workspace. The name of the graph is:
<WORKSPACE NAME>, <WINDOW TITLE>.3TF
The <WORKSPACE NAME> is the root name of the workspace being saved and <WINDOW TITLE> is
the title of the Graph window being saved. For example, if you save a workspace named "MY WS.WOR"
and it contains a Graph window with the title, "Scatter Graph," MapInfo Professional creates the graph
file "MY WS, SCATTER GRAPH.3TF" in the same directory as the original workspace, "MY WS.WOR."
Using Graph Templates
MapInfo Professional stores the various graph template files in folders in the GraphSupport directory.
The GraphSupport directory is located in the MapInfo Professional directory by default in versions 6.0
and earlier. In MapInfo Professional 7.5 files are stored on a per-user basis. Other support files containing
numerous kinds of fill patterns, as well as the 3D viewing angle files, that help you format your graph
are also located in this directory.
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Chapter 6: Graphing Your Data