Pointing and Photo Module

The Pointing and Photo module is used for geographical objects attributes visualization. The module also allows the association of multimedia data to objects as well as displaying them.

Activating the dialog box:

To activate the dialog box, proceed as follows:

  1. Press the first column of the Table with the mouse right button. A dialog box is shown. Select Attributes... or press CRTL and press the first column of the Table with the mouse left button;
  2. The dialog box Attributes Table” is presented. At this moment the dialog box is presented as exemplified in the figure below.

 

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Note: If a search is not performed, the buttons first, previous, next and last work as simple navigation from the tuple used in the Objects Table. For instance, if the next button is pressed, the next tuple will be exhibited from the current tuple.  

Associating a multimedia data:

This module allows to add (associate) multimedia data in four different ways. The first option allows to add digital photos in one of the following file formats: JPG, TIF, GIF and BMP, and HTML pages. The second option allows the association of audio and video files in one of the following file formats MOV, AVI, WAV, MID, MPG and MP3. In the third option it is possible to add text in one of the following file formats DOC, TXT and PDF and the fourth option allows an URL address association.

These data are added as follows:

  1. point using the mouse on the Attributes window. Next click the mouse right button. A dialog box is presented. Select the Insert. option. Next select one of the four options.
  2. Give the required information. At the end, a new line is shown in the module's dialog box with the associated object.

Showing an associated data:

  1. point using the mouse on the module's dialog box. Next click the mouse right button on the line which has the data the user wants to display. A dialog box is presented. Select the Show option. The module activates a corresponding software to show the selected data.

NOTE 1: if the computer does not have the proper resources the selected data might not be shown. For instance, for an audio data a sound board is required as well as speakers. In other cases, say MP3 files, a software capable to handle MP3 files is required to play it.

NOTE 2: the module activates, for each file type, the software used to create the file. To use a different program, select it using the Windows Explorer tool. When clicking with the mouse right button on a table area, it is shown a menu with the exhibit, add and remove operations.


Deleting an associated data:

  1. point using the mouse on the module's dialog box. Next click the mouse right button on the line to be removed. A dialog box is presented. Select the Delete option. The line is deleted from the module.

NOTE: To Edit an object, double click on a Property value and insert the new value.

NOTE: In some kinds of fields (properties) it is not possible to change the value.

NOTE: The Exhibit and Remove operations work only when the line on which it was clicked refers to a document that was added from the Association option.


Search

The search option works as a facility for the new object to be visualized in the attributes window. To perform a search, select a property on the Properties button, click on the text box, type the value to be searched and click on CR. After performing a search, the first, previous, next and last buttons go through the tuples from the established value.

NOTE: If a property (a column of the Objects Table visualization window) is hidden, it will not appear as an option to be searched.

NOTE: The search returns the first object that fits the searched value. If the typed value does not exist, the table remains unchanged.


See also:
About consulting resources in the SPRING.
How to control Objects Visualization.
How to define Objects Grouping.
How to manipulate an Objects' Table.
How to Select an Object.

Consulting Module