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SurView file types

Complete detailed descriptions (for the curious) of all SurView file formats are contained in surview.hlp file, accessible from SurView's Help menu. Some of the principal file types are:


File Display List

File Display List

The File Display List dialog box is used instead of the traditional File | Open/Close menu items. It can be accessed identically by either the File | File Display List or Edit | Map layers (order, visibility)... menu items.

The filenames are displayed in a list, as layers, according to their position in the Z order. The file at the bottom of the list is drawn first. The file at the top of the list is drawn last, on top of all of the other layers. The visibility of the file is indicated by the checkbox on the left of each file entry - if not checked, the file is not drawn.

This dialog box allows the current list of files to be managed:



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