Using 2-D layouts
The 2-D layouts on the Layouts palette act like templates:
they provide a basic format that you can enhance or modify to suit
the needs of your SQL data display. QMF Visionary provides graphical
objects and layout properties that you can use to customize your
layouts, including the following items:
- Layers. Data templates that display data
from different queries on a single layout. See Using layers in a layout.
- Data symbols. Icons that can be used to
represent each data point
in a layout. QMF Visionary provides default data symbols for most
layouts, but you can substitute other data symbols for these defaults.
You can also modify properties of a data symbol. See Modifying data symbols.
- Connectors.
Lines that can be used to represent connections between data points.
See Using connectors.
- Axes. Numerical or
logarithmic scale lines used to chart data on graph layouts. See Modifying axes in chart layouts.
- Scaling. Property used
in hierarchy layouts to determine the relative sizes of parent and
child data points. See Modifying scaling in hierarchy layouts.
To group objects in a data template, you might need to use an
alignment panel.
Note: When you click Insert-->Layout,
the Layout wizard has additional choices besides those layouts on
the Layouts palette, specifically, selected controls from the Controls
palette and the ActiveX Controls palette. While these controls can
display query data, they do not have data templates; consequently, you
cannot modify them in the ways described in this section.
