MapInfo Pro includes Layer Translucency, Style Override Translucency, and Label Translucency settings.
The MWS schema supports more options for translucency settings than MapInfo Pro supports; the MWS Schema translucency factor is set at the geometry level, and the MapInfo Pro translucency settings are for the entire layer. If you divide a Region object into Area and Line (Border) geometries, a MWS Schema applies independent translucency for each geometry, and MapInfo Pro treats the whole region as one layer with only one translucency setting for the region. As a result, the translucency setting for a MWS file in MapInfo Pro is adjusted to fit the MWS schema.
Saving (writing) a MWS File from MapInfo Pro with a translucency setting:
- While writing translucency setting for a layer to a MWS file, MapInfo Pro writes the translucency setting to all the underlying geometry objects of the layer in the MWS file. If there is a region object in a layer then the setting gets written to both its Area and Line (Border).
Opening (reading) a MWS File from MapInfo Pro with a translucency setting:
- The MWS schema translucency setting is at the geometry level, so the first geometry that has a translucency setting is used as the translucency setting for that entire layer in MapInfo Pro.
Saving a file with a translucency setting from MapInfo Pro writes the same setting to all geometry layers.
Saving a MWS file from other Precisely products that support the MWS workspace format, such as a MapXtreme.NET's Workspace Manager, and that support separate geometry level settings may not display as expected. Opening a MWS file in MapInfo Pro that has different translucency settings for each geometry object in the layer causes MapInfo Pro to use the first translucency setting for that layer to the entire layer. MapInfo Pro ignores all other geometry translucency settings for that layer.
Consequently, how translucency displays depends on the product. MapXtreme.NET supports translucency settings for each geometry in the layer for example. Opening this file in MapInfo Pro causes MapInfo Pro to apply only one translucency to the entire layer and ignore all other translucency settings.