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DEVICE FILES
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Device files control the appearance of maps:
. polygon colours and type of fill
. text colours, sizes and fonts
. line colours and styles
. sequences of class colours or hatch patterns
. menu and message colours
Experience showed that it is better to have fixed sets of definitions rather
than allow the user to specify the display parameters.
Remember that the basic display definition (number of pixels, lines and colours)
was specified when configuring the system.
The best way to understand device files is to look at the contents:
At the main OzGIS menu.........
Select the option to CHANGE DEVICE FILE
Give the file as *C16SV1
Select the option to DISPLAY DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS
You will now get a display that shows the text types (sizes and colours),
line (types and colours) and the various polygon fills as rectangles.
Of particular interest are the class colours. The bottom set is a sequence of
121 colours which is designed to give the appearance of increasing attribute
values. In this device file for a 16 colour board the colours are in blocks,
but for 256 colour boards all the colours will be different (and can be used
for "continuous colour" maps). The set of colours above are a 7 x 7 set for
bivariate maps. They actually map onto the same set as for single variate maps,
so if bivariate maps are to be produced different device files should be used.
Now choose a bivarite device file *C16BV1 and display that. The bivariate
sequence will show a progression of colour in each dimension.
There is a set of files for 16 colour displays, *C16SV1 to *C16SV9 for single
variate maps, and *C16BV1 to *C16BV3 for bivariate maps.
There is also a set of files *C256SV1 to *C256SV9 and *C256BV1 to *C256BV3 for
256 colour boards. If you have a suitable board display one of these. The
colour sequence will now be complete.
Other device files are also available, primarily for display on printers and
plotters, but these can also be used on the display; try them!
*HATCHSV1 is for display of hatched single variate maps and *HATCHBV1 for
bivariate maps.
You should now display a few of the single variate decvice files (*C16sv? or
*C256SV?) and decide on one that you will use as the default file.
When you have decided on the default file type F10 to exit from OzGIS and:
cd \ozgis
copy C256SV6.DEV DEFAULT.DEV (using the file you have chosen)