CreateMap()

Create a new, empty map window.

actual_name = CreateMap(string map_name, array options)

Argument	Contents
map_name	The name you want to use for the map

Option	Type	Contents
Activate Macro	String	The name of a macro that is called whenever the map is activated
Annotation Menu	String	The context menu when clicking on an annotation and only one annotation is selected
Annotations Menu	String	The context menu when clicking on an annotation and more than one annotation is selected
Auto Project	Boolean	If "True" the map projection is chosen automatically, based on the current scope and scale; if False projections are not automatically changed
Close Macro	String	The name of a macro called when the user closes the map from the system menu
Context Menu	String	The context menu when clicking on a map and not on annotations
Done Macro	String	The name of a macro that is called after the window is closed
Locked	Boolean	If "True" the Close option does not appear in the system menu; if "False" the Close option does appear
Menu	String	The menu associated with the map window
Position	2 integers	The screen location of the window (x, y)
Scale Change Macro	String	The name of a macro called whenever the scale or scope of the map changes
Scope	Scope	The initial (default) scope of the map
Size	2 integers	The screen size of the window (x, y)
Title	String	The map window title
Toolbar	String	The toolbar associated with the map window

A string containing the actual name of the map.

The scope option is required.
The map is empty until a layer or annotation is added.
The scale change macro runs whenever the map scale is changed. This can occur when appropriate functions are called (such as SetMapScope() or SetScale()) or when the user resizes or reshapes the map window.
The position and size of the map window are expressed as percentages of Maptitude's frame.
The attached menu and toolbar are automatically displayed whenever the map is activated.
If the menu, toolbar, activate macro, close macro, or scale change macro is not specified, CreateMap() uses the default specified with SetDefaults(). If a map-specific default was not specified with SetDefaults(), then CreateMap() uses the generic default.

// Get the scope of a geographic file

folder = RunMacro("G30 Tutorial Folder")

info = GetDBInfo(folder + "states.cdf")

scope = info[1]

// Create a map using this scope

map = CreateMap("My Empty Map", {

{"Scope", scope},

{"Auto Project", "True"},

{"Position", 100, 150}

})

Error Type	Meaning
Error	Unable to create the map window

Function	Summary
AddAnnotation()	Adds an annotation to a map or layout window
AddCDFLayer()	Adds a layer from a compact format geographic file to a map
AddImageLayer()	Adds an image layer to a map
AddLayer()	Adds a layer from a standard geographic file to a map
DuplicateMap()	Creates a copy of a map
OpenMap()	Open a map file and display it in a map window
SetDefaults()	Sets default menus, toolbars, and macros.