11/15/02
Aligns selected geometries based on bounds. MODE can be :horiz_left (default), :horiz_centre, :horiz_right, :vert_top, :vert_centre, or :vert_bottom.
07/29/02: Option added to export only current table
Adds an "Export to Excel" entry in the collection_browser extras.
2/6/04: Updated for 3.3 Adds an entry in the collection_browser extras to generate a frequency table from current contents, sending tab delimited output to a report menu, suitable for export to Excel. Requires the sort_menu class.
2/18/04
Created for SW 3.3: These methods deal with the fact that the user-friendly folks at Smallworld, in their infinite wisdom, have changed the nature of spatial predicates so that a trail or sector_rope is always considered a line and bombs out the predicate if it is a point. This is indeed a buggered-up situation that makes a bloody lot of work for the rest of us.
04/10/02
Allows the user to set the background color of the graphics_system window(s).
12/20/00
Method enums() lists visible enumerated fields, print widths, and values. Method items() is similar to describe_fields(), save that only visible fields are displayed. Click HERE for an example of using the items_on() method.
06/27/00
Returns a simple_vector of char16_vectors parsed according to the characters in DELIM_STRING. For example, "..a.b c!d".as_tokens(" !.") will return {"a","b","c","d"}.