RECT (Draw a rectangle)

The RECT command draws a rectangle on the map. The rectangle will be colour filled if a fill colour is defined in the attribute used.

Command Syntax:

RECT refp,x1,y1,x2,y2,att,style,pitch

Command Parameters:

refp	Reference point from which to refer the following offsets or -1 or –2 If -1, the rectangle is drawn around the map edges as defined by a MDF file. If -2, the rectangle is drawn around the valid plotting window. The default is reference point 0.
x1,y1	Bottom left corner of rectangle to draw. No default, unless refp is -1 or -2.
x2,y2	Upper right corner of rectangle. No default unless refp = -1 or-2
att	Attribute to use.
style	Line style
	1	Solid (Default).
	2	Long dashes.
	3	Dotted.
	4	Short dashes.
	5	Long/short/long dashes.
	6	Long/dot/long dash.
	If style is negative, smooth line joining is used. The default is solid line, straight line joining (+1).
pitch	Patterned line pitch. The default is 1 cm.

Example

MDFF M1

RECT -1 \ draws a line around the map edges

RECT -2 \ draws a rectangle around the data area

RECT 1,10,10,50,40,rect:k0R,4

This draws three rectangles: one around the map, one around the valid data area as defined in M1.MDF, and a 40 x 30 cm and a red rectangle 10 cm above and right of the map origin.

This command is part of the MAPPLOT GX.