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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=654141919-05022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> Though we have this request on our to-do list, I
don't think it will be implemented in the near future (within 1/2
year). Providing a decorator interface for connections is quite tricky,
because it might need a redesigned autorouter and z-buffer
structure in GME.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=654141919-05022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>--</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=654141919-05022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>peter</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=654141919-05022005></SPAN> </DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
gme-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu
[mailto:gme-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jeff
Gray<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 04, 2005 12:31 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'A list
for GME users to share thoughts and discuss bugs and fixes.'; 'Yi Chu';
fixes.'@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu;
@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu><BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [gme-users] How to
override the display of an object<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi
Peter-<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I also am interested in this
functionality for future use. Are there any plans in future releases to
provide such customization?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jeff<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes">----------------------------------------------------<BR>Jeff
Gray, Ph.D.<BR>Department of Computer and Information Sciences<BR>University
of Alabama at Birmingham<BR>gray@cis.uab.edu<BR><A
href="http://www.gray-area.org">http://www.gray-area.org</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes">
</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
gme-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu
[mailto:gme-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Peter Volgyesi<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, February 03, 2005 10:01
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> 'Yi Chu';
fixes.'@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu; "
<gme-users@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu>"@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [gme-users] How to override
the display of an object</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Yi,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">At this
moment you cannot add new/custom line styles to your paragims. GME supports
custom look'n'feel for FCOs only (by providing the Decorator interface -
documented in the user manual or by user supplied
icons).</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regards,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">--</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Peter
Volgyesi</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ISIS,
Vanderbilt University</SPAN></FONT> <o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
gme-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu
[mailto:gme-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Yi Chu<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, February 03, 2005 10:28
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
gme-users@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [gme-users] How to override
the display of an object</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am a new comer to GME. I
created a Connection object and then in a model I can connect two "Atom"
type objects with this connection. I noticed that I can specify the display
style of this Connection object, via setting the value in
Preferences/Connection Preferences/Destination End
Style.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My question is how can I add
more types to this property, e.g. I want to display a "+" symbol in the
middle of the Connection object (line). Is there a source code for this COM
class? Or, is there any API that I can work
with?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Many thanks in
advance.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Yi</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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