SVG_Define_filter

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SVG_Define_filter


SVG_Define_filter ( parentSVGObject ; id {; frameX ; frameY {; frameWidth ; frameHeight {; frameUnit ; filterUnit}}}} ) -> Function result

Parameter	Type	Description
parentSVGObject	SVG_Ref	Reference of parent element
id	String	Name of symbol
frameX	Longint	Coordinate on X axis
frameY	Longint	Coordinate on Y axis
frameWidth	Longint	Width of target rectangle
frameHeight	Longint	Height of target rectangle
frameUnit	String	Coordinate system of frame
filterUnit	String	Filter system of values
Function result	SVG_Ref	Reference of filter

Description

The SVG_Define_filter command sets a new filter in the SVG container designated by parentSVGObject and returns its reference. If parentSVGObject is not an SVG document, an error is generated.

A filter is a succession of graphic operations that will be applied to the target element. The filter element is never rendered directly; it will be applied to an object using the SVG_SET_FILTER command.

The id parameter specifies the name of the marker. The name will be used to associate a filter with an object. If an element with the same name exists, it will be replaced.

The optional frameX, frameY, frameWidth and frameHeight parameters set a rectangular region in the document to which this filter will be applied.

The optional frameUnit parameter sets the coordinate system for the 4 previous parameters. Expected values: "userSpaceOnUse" or "objectBoundingBox" (default value).

The optional filterUnit parameter sets the coordinate system for the lenths and the filter definition properties. Expected values: "userSpaceOnUse" (default value) or "objectBoundingBox".

Example

In this example, we want to perform the following operations:

create a rectangle with 50% blue background
create a 4% blur filter and apply it to this rectangle
save the result in an SVG file on disk.

 $Dom_SVG:=SVG_New

 

  //creation of a rectangle with 50% blue background

 $Dom_rect:=SVG_New_rect($Dom_SVG;50;50;50;50;0;0;"blue:50";"blue:50")

 

  //creation of 4% blur filter

 $Dom_filter:=SVG_Define_filter($Dom_SVG;"blur")

 SVG_Filter_Blur($Dom_filter;4)

 SVG_Filter_Offset($Dom_filter;4)

 

  //application of this filter to the rectangle

 SVG_SET_FILTER($Dom_rect;"blur")

 

  //saving result in an SVG file

 SVG_SAVE_AS_TEXT($Dom_SVG;System folder(Desktop)+"test.svg")

 

 SVG_CLEAR($Dom_SVG)

Result: