This article contains a sample script for breaking a map layer out of the map frame.
To run this script:
- Copy the script below, or download the attached BAS file: BreakApart.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.
- If you copied this script, press Ctrl+V to paste it into Scripter. If you downloaded it, click File | Open, select the BAS file from your downloads directory, and click Open.
- Click Script | Run to run the script.
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Sub Main 'Declare the variable that will reference the application Dim SurferApp As Object Set SurferApp = CreateObject("Surfer.Application") SurferApp.Visible = True 'Declares Plot as an object Dim Plot As Object Set Plot = SurferApp.Documents.Add 'Declares MapFrame as Object Dim MapFrame1 As Object 'Creates surface map and assigns the map frame to the variable "MapFrame1" Set MapFrame1 = Plot.Shapes.AddSurface(GridFileName:=SurferApp.Path+"\samples\demogrid.grd") 'Creates a contour map and assigns the map frame to the variable "MapFrame2" Set MapFrame2 = Plot.Shapes.AddContourMap(GridFileName:=SurferApp.Path+"\samples\demogrid.grd") Dim ContourLayer As Object Set ContourLayer = MapFrame2.Overlays(1) 'Creates a post map and assigns the map frame to the variable "MapFrame3" Set MapFrame3 = Plot.Shapes.AddPostMap (SurferApp.Path+"\samples\demogrid.dat") Dim PostLayer As Object Set PostLayer = MapFrame3.Overlays(1) 'Selects the three maps MapFrame1.Selected = True MapFrame2.Selected = True MapFrame3.Selected = True 'Overlays the maps and set the overlay to NewMapFrame Set NewMapFrame = Plot.Selection.OverlayMaps 'Breaks apart the overlay and sets the new map frame to NewMapFrame2 'For more overlay options, see Overlays Collection Set NewMapFrame2 = NewMapFrame.Overlays.BreakApart(pOverlay:=ContourLayer) End Sub
Updated November 08, 2018
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