Hi Hauss,
You've asked an excellent question and I'm surprised it hasn't come up
before. As far as I know, there is no way to do this except as you
suggested using a polygon fill.
What you need is something like a "vpBackgroundFillColor" resource
that would effectively fill in the background that is encompassed by
your viewport (the area defined by the vpXF, vpYF, vpWidthF, and
vpHeightF resources).
Unfortunately, this kind of thing requires that you know your viewport
size ahead of time, so that you can fill it before you do any other
plotting. Let me think about this some, and maybe meanwhile, somebody
else has a better solution.
--Mary
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Hauss Reinbold wrote:
> Hi everyone. Are there any resources for filling the background of an XY
> plot? Really all I want to do is add a nice grey background to some line
> plots (leaving the area outside the plot area white). I can think of a
> couple ways to do it with polygon fills, but I would rather use a resource if
> there is one. I've checked the resources and searched the help files. What
> did I miss? Or do I just have to create my own polygon fill underneath the
> plot somehow? I have the feeling this should be obvious so forgive me if it
> is. Thanks.
>
> Hauss Reinbold
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