Shaded, rounded rectangle w/border. HOW?

[1newtonya]

HI,

I've been able to (poorly) manually draw a border around a shaded rounded rectangle. It's not pretty. also, I've created the shaded rounded rectangle and a slightly larger bordered rectangle (no shade) and grouped them together, but the interior shaded rectangle doesn't quite fill the border on all sides no matter how I size it.

Isn't there a way to do this automagically?

I'm using FM9. Help! Thx.

Yogi

[AxialInfo]

Yogi, you might find it better to create a graphic such as this in a graphics program and then importing it into your FM doc, rather than using FM's built-in graphics tools. As you've discovered, FM's tools are rudimentary at best.

It sounds like you're trying to create an object that has a background like an "offset shadow" effect?

[1newtonya]

Thanks for your reply. I finally decided on using the Frame tool with a

dot pattern. It will work for what I need.

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Shaded, rounded rectangle w/border. HOW?

Yogi, you might find it better to create a graphic such as this in a

graphics program and then importing it into your FM doc, rather than using

FM's built-in graphics tools. As you've discovered, FM's tools are

rudimentary at best.

It sounds like you're trying to create an object that has a background

like an "offset shadow" effect?

[Michael_Müller-Hillebrand]

Yogi,

You apparently want the border to have a different color than the fill. FrameMaker graphics objects can have different settings for fill and border, but only a common color. If the fill is a tint of the border you can do so with a single object.

Otherwise please do not paint the border object larger, just create a duplicate of the fill object and put it on top of below the fill object. Border lines are painted centered, i.e. half the line width is outside the coordinates. If your border is allowed to "grow" inside the rounded rectangle, put it on top. If the border should stay outside the roundrect area, put the border object under the fill object and double the desired border width.

HTH,

- Michael

[1newtonya]

Hi Michael,

Yes, your assumption is correct. I could use a percent of tint, however, I

can't get that to work. I can adjust the fill, but can't get the border to

display. I've tried selecting them in different orders and that didn't

make any difference. How are you doing that task?

I've tried your second option, and that works, but I have to resize the

object frequently (because I put a text box on top). I'd rather get the

first option to work, but this will be okay, if necessary.

Thanks for your response.

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11/12/2010 01:54 AM

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Yogi,

You apparently want the border to have a different color than the fill.

FrameMaker graphics objects can have different settings for fill and

border, but only a common color. If the fill is a tint of the border you

can do so with a single object.

Otherwise please do not paint the border object larger, just create a

duplicate of the fill object and put it on top of below the fill object.

Border lines are painted centered, i.e. half the line width is outside the

coordinates. If your border is allowed to "grow" inside the rounded

rectangle, put it on top. If the border should stay outside the roundrect

area, put the border object under the fill object and double the desired

border width.

HTH,

- Michael

[Michael_Müller-Hillebrand]

Yogi/Dawn,

After creating the graphic object you select a color. In the Graphic Tools palette below the tools there are two fields for setting the Fill Pattern (shown) as well as Pen Pattern, both offer the same option, ranging from solid fill, seven different tints and White fill, some (not recommended) patterns to "None". For borders you also select the line width.

If none of the predefined fill tints suits your requirements (or you need different colors) you have to work with two objects. If you have to change their dimensions very often I would recommend to automate that process, like: create only the fill or the border roundrect and have a script create the other object on top of it.

HTH,

- Michael

[1newtonya]

Thanks Michael. I think I can use the dot fill. It looks okay in PDF. I

appreciate the info. I was trying to do something that is not "doable".

Take care.

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Yogi/Dawn,

After creating the graphic object you select a color. In the Graphic Tools

palette below the tools there are two fields for setting the Fill Pattern

(shown) as well as Pen Pattern, both offer the same option, ranging from

solid fill, seven different tints and White fill, some (not recommended)

patterns to "None". For borders you also select the line width.

If none of the predefined fill tints suits your requirements (or you need

different colors) you have to work with two objects. If you have to change

their dimensions very often I would recommend to automate that process,

like: create only the fill or the border roundrect and have a script

create the other object on top of it.

HTH,

- Michael

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