Turn scaling on for selected graphics with Avenue

Summary

The script in this article gets the Symbol object associated with the GraphicText object, and hooks the symbol to the display with the HookUpSymbol request.

Procedure

1. Open a new script window.
   
   
   A. Activate the Project window.
   B. Click the Scripts icon.
   C. Click New.
   
   
2. Copy the following code into the script window:
   
   

   Code:
   '-- Turn scaling on for selected graphics 
   
   '-- If use this on auto-labels created with the Find Best method, 
   '-- select one of them instead of all, as this script may ruin your labels. 
   
   theView = av.GetActiveDoc 
   thingsToStartScaling = theView.GetGraphics.GetSelected 
   
   for each g in thingsToStartScaling 
     if (g.Is(graphicText)) then 
       theView.GetDisplay.HookUpSymbol(g.GetSymbol) 
     elseif (g.Is(GraphicShape)) then 
       if (g.GetShape.Is(polygon).Not) then 
         theView.GetDisplay.HookUpSymbol(g.GetSymbol) 
       end
     end
   end
   

   
   
3. Click the
   
   button to compile the script.
4. Click the view.
5. Select the text graphics you want to scale.
6. Click the
   
   button to run the script.