This article contains a sample script for creating shapes.

To run this script:

1. Copy the script below, or click here to download the BAS file: Shape.BAS.
2. In a Windows Explorer window, navigate to C:\Program Files\Golden Software\MapViewer 8\Scripter.
3. Double click on Scripter.exe to launch Scripter.
4. Press Ctrl+A to select all of the existing lines then press Delete.
5. 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.
6. Click Script | Run to run the script.
    

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' Shape.BAS
' Copyright (C) Golden Software Inc. 1992-2015
'
' This sample demonstrates how to create shapes.
'
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Sub Main

   Dim MapViewerApp As Object

   'Creates an instance of the MapViewer Application object
   ' and assigns it to the variable named "MapViewerApp"
   Set MapViewerApp = CreateObject("MapViewer.Application")

   'Makes the application main window visible
   MapViewerApp.Visible = True

   'Creates a map document object, and assigns it to the variable named "doc"
   Set doc = MapViewerApp.Documents.Add(DocType:=mvDocPlot)

   'Assigns the layers list object to the variable named "Layers"
   Set Layers = doc.Layers

   'Assigns the layer object to the variable named "Layer"
   Set Layer = Layers.ActiveLayer

   'Assigns the shapes list object to the variable named "Shapes"
   Set Shapes = Layer.Shapes

   'Adds an area object
   NumPoints = 4
   ReDim PolyPoints (1 To NumPoints * 2) As Double
   PolyPoints(1) = 6.0
   PolyPoints(2) = 4.5
   PolyPoints(3) = 7.0
   PolyPoints(4) = 4.5
   PolyPoints(5) = 6.5
   PolyPoints(6) = 5.5
   PolyPoints(7) = 6.0
   PolyPoints(8) = 4.5
   Set Area = Shapes.AddPolygon(False,PolyPoints)

   'Checks Vertices
   Dim v() As Double
   v = Area.Vertices

   'UBound is 0 based.
   If UBound(v) <> 7 Then Stop

   'Allocates space 5 more vertices
   i = UBound(v)   'Current last element of v
   ReDim Preserve v(i + 2 * 5)

   'Assigns values for the new polygon
   v(i + 1) = 4:   v(i + 2) = 3
   v(i + 3) = 9:   v(i + 4) = 3
   v(i + 5) = 9:   v(i + 6) = 6.5
   v(i + 7) = 4:   v(i + 8) = 6.5
   v(i + 9) = 4:   v(i + 10) = 3

   'Sets space for 2 poly counts
   Dim c(1 To 2) As Long
   c(1) = 4		'The first polygon has 4 vertices
   c(2) = 5		'The second polygon has 5 vertices

   'Updates the area object
   Area.SetVertices v, c

   'Changes the Fill patter and foreground color for the area
   Area.Fill.Pattern = "Solid"
   Area.Fill.ForeColor = mvColorRed

   'Changes the line color of the area
   Area.Line.Color = mvColorGreen

   'Creates PID for the area
   Area.PIDName = "Polygon #1 PID"

   'Creates SID for the area
	Area.SIDName = "Polygon #1 SID"

   'Creates attrib1 for the area
   Area.Attrib1 = "Polygon #1 Attrib1"

   'Creates attrib2 for the area
   Area.Attrib2 = "Polygon #1 Attrib2"

   'The total number of objects in the shape list should be 3 (area, PID and SID)
   If Shapes.Count <> 3 Then Stop

   'Docs.CloseAll
   'MapViewerApp.Quit

End Sub

Updated November 2, 2016