Standard Interface Macros

A number of macros in the Maptitude standard interface are useful for developing add-ins and custom applications. The following Standard Interface Macros are documented in this section:

Standard Interface Macro	Description
Annotation Font	Adds a freehand symbol item to a map or layout
Annotation Select	Selects or edits freehand items on a map or layout
Annotation Text	Adds a freehand text item to a map or layout
Call Menu Item	Calls a command on the Standard Interface menus
Create Legend	Creates or updates the legend
File Close All	Closes all windows and files
Layer Settings	Displays the appropriate style dialog box for a layer
Layer Status	Displays the Layers dialog box
New Layer Default Settings	Sets default display styles for a new layer
Scale for Layer	Displays the Autoscale dialog box
Setup Colors	Creates an array of colors that can be used as the variable for a color drop-down list
Setup Colorsplay	Creates an array containing arrays of colors, which are designed for use with the List of Values method for color themes
Setup Fill Styles	Creates an array of fillstyles that can be used as the variable for a fill style drop-down list
Setup Fillsplay	Creates an array containing arrays of fillstyles, which are designed for use with the List of Values method for pattern themes
Setup Line Styles	Creates an array of linestyles that can be used as the variable for a line or border style drop-down list
Setup Linesplay	Creates an array containing arrays of linestyles, which are designed for use with the List of Values method for pattern themes for lines
Setup Palettes	Creates an array of color palettes that can be used for choosing sets of styles for color themes
Setup Quantile Fillstyles	Creates an array containing arrays of fillstyles, which are designed for use when choosing sets of styles for pattern themes
Tutorial Folder	Returns the full path to the folder where the tutorial files are installed
Update Linked Records	Updates the information about the original table on which the database (db) is based
Update Map Toolbar	Updates the drop-down list on the map toolbar
Set Exist	Checks whether the given selection set name already exists for the current layer
Create Set	Creates a new selection set for the current layer, with a unique name and default display settings
Delete Set	Deletes a selection set from the current layer, and removes it from appropriate editors, toolbars, and toolboxes

Note that:

Some of these are dialog box resources rather than macro resources
The actual names used to call them are case sensitive
The actual names start with a code such as "G30" to distinguish them as being parts of the Standard Interface.

Geocoding Macros

Old geocoding macros have been deprecated:

Geocode Macro	Description
Locate View	Creates or adds to a point geographic file by locating records using a streets layer or a Location index
Locate Address	Finds the location of a single address
Locate Address Results	Finds the location of a single address and returns an array that, if an exact match has not been found for the input address, includes an array of partial match results listing geocoding scores and street segment information

The following set of geocoding macros for locating addresses use a Location index:

Location Index Geocode Macro	Description
Get Rule Files	Lists all the address standardization rule files that are installed in the program folder
Get City Rule Files	Lists all "City, State" standardization rule files that are installed in the program folder
Get Location Index Properties	Gets the properties of a Location index
Get Location Index	Loads a Location index into memory, if necessary, and gets a handle to the index
Find with Location Index	Finds an address using a Location index
Drop Location Index	Drops a specific Location index from memory
Drop All Location Indexes	Drops all Location indexes from memory

See Location Index Example for an example of how to use many of these macros together in Caliper Script.