There are two steps to naming your maps in Surfer Scripter:
- Name the Map "frame" that holds the layers and axes (e.g. called Map in the user interface)
- Name the "overlays", which are the actual map layers (e.g. called Contours or Base in the user interface)
Use the .Name property of the Shape object to rename a layer or map object. For an example of renaming a map or the component layers, see below.
To run this script:
- Copy the script below, or download the attached BAS file: AssignName.BAS
- In a Windows Explorer window, navigate to C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer.
- Double click on Scripter.exe to launch Scripter.
- Press Ctrl+A to select all of the existing lines then press Delete.
- Press Ctrl+V to paste the script into Scripter.
- Click Script | Run to run the script.
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Sub Main Dim SurferApp, Plot, MapFrame1, ContourLayer, MapFrame2, PostLayer As Object Set SurferApp = CreateObject("Surfer.Application") SurferApp.Visible = True 'Set path Path=SurferApp.Path+"\Samples\" Set Plot = SurferApp.Documents.Add 'Creates a contour map Set MapFrame1 = Plot.Shapes.AddContourMap(GridFileName:=Path+"demogrid.grd") Set ContourLayer = MapFrame1.Overlays(1) 'Name the contour layer ContourLayer.Name = "This is My Contour Layer" 'Creates a post map Set MapFrame2 = Plot.Shapes.AddPostMap(DataFileName:=Path+"demogrid.dat") Set PostLayer = MapFrame2.Overlays(1) 'Name the post layer PostLayer.Name = "This is My Post Layer" 'Select and overlays the map objects MapFrame1.Selected = True MapFrame2.Selected = True Set NewMapFrame = Plot.Selection.OverlayMaps 'Name the map frame NewMapFrame.Name = "Demogrid Map" End Sub
Updated November 12, 2018
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