Loading graphics symbol sets

GDDM V3R2 Base Application Programming Reference

Loading graphics symbol sets

GDDM V3R2 Base Application Programming Reference
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Symbol sets that are not suitable for loading into PS stores can be loaded into GDDM storage. (For 3270-PC/G and 3270-PC/GX workstations, these symbol sets can also be loaded into the device; for the 3179-G, the 3192-G, and the 3472-G, image symbol sets can be loaded into the device.)

Four types of symbol set can be loaded in this way:

Image symbol sets used as graphics text
Image symbol sets or vector symbol sets used as marker symbols
Image symbol sets used for shading graphics areas
Vector symbol sets used for graphics text.

Unlike PS stores, there is no restriction on symbol size when loading image symbol sets into GDDM storage. Any size that can be created with the Image Symbol Editor can be used. However, when shading patterns are used, the symbol is truncated or padded to the cell size and repeated at cell intervals. Therefore, in most circumstances shading patterns should be the same size as the cell.

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