Dashed Line

[bdam]

I'm not sure if I'm just not seeing something here but I'm trying to get a dashed line in a layout. The layout has a section the customer will cut out and return.

I've created a line, I've given it a pen pattern and that looks fine. Until you bump up the line width beyond hairline. Then it just looks like a series of vertical lines.

While obviously this isn't particularly serious I'm thinking that I must be missing something. Surely FM has a good way of making a dashed or hatched line.

I've attached an image to show what I mean.

[MRH]

Hi bdam,

How have you tried one of the diagonal fills?

MRH

[bdam]

Yea, they do look better and is what I'm using now. However, I'm still wondering if a true dashed line is possible. It seems like an odd thing to not have.

Bryan

[Lee Smith]

There are two ways, that I can think of, to this native to FileMaker, i.e. using FileMaker's drawing tools.

Draw a box and use a line pattern.

Use the Text tool, and hyphens to create your lines.

Since FileMaker can now handle Transparent Graphics, I might even spend the time to create the look I want in PhotoShop, and then bring it in as a transparent graphic.

HTH

Lee

[bdam]

Yea I tried the line pattern bit but the best I could come up with was what I first posted. I think using hyphens might be the only way to go. I thought about the transparent graphic and maybe that's the ticket. It all just seems a bit much for something relativly simply hense the move the wish list.

Thanks all,

Bryan

[SteveB]

Based on Lee's suggestion, you could also try an icon editor, which is very cheap and easy to use. I use ArtIcons (Windows only), which will put out .PNG files as well as about 24 other file types. It might take 2-3 minute to create a set of dashes of some thickness and length, which you save as PNG, and then use the Insert command..

Steve