Creating Image Pins

Image pins display pin images that differ per an associated traffic lighting definition. You create Image pins by indicating the pin image to use for corresponding traffic lighting ranges.

Pins on the Pinboard panel may not accurately reflect all pin images and traffic lighting ranges until the Pinboard is finished and displayed as a document.

If you select duplicate images for traffic lighting conditions, you must set the pin Active Color property to differentiate traffic lighting conditions. See Creating Color Pins.

  To create an image pin:

  1. Click a Pin from the Pinboard Designer Select Pin Images.

    The Select Pin Images dialog box is displayed.

  2. Click Add.

  3. The Pin Designer dialog box is displayed.

  4. In Pin Image, click Load.

    The Open dialog is displayed.

  5. Navigate to a GIF or JPEG file to use as the pin image. Select the file name, and click OK.

    The selected image is displayed in the Pin Designer panel.

    Before a pin can be added to the selection list, the "point of the pin" and its active color must be defined. This is accomplished using the Pin Designer shortcut menu:

  6. Optional: To set the point of the pin, right-click the pin image where you think the point should be, and select Hotspot.

    The grid to the left demonstrates how the pin is positioned relative to this point.

  7. Click OK.

    The pin is displayed in the Select Pin Images dialog box.

  8. Select the pin from the list, and click OK.

    The pin is displayed next to the traffic light range it represents.

  9. Repeat steps 1 through 8 for each traffic lighting range.

    The traffic lighting definition displays the corresponding pin for each traffic lighting range, when the Pinboard is in Analyze mode.