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(such as alignment and offset), the variable that refers to the graphic’s file name
in the database, and the graphic’s size and position. You can also apply conditions to graphic segments.
Graphic segments import images by first creating an anchored frame, then creating a graphic file inset within the anchored frame. You can control both the size
and type of the anchored frame, as well as its other attributes like color and fill
type (see Table 60 on page 276 for details). For the inset, you specify either the
inset’s explicit size (by typing in the size or by specifying the variables that contain the inset’s height and width) or its sizing/scaling criteria. You also position
the graphic inset that will contain the image relative to this anchored frame.
Frame Width
Y Offset
Inset Width
Inset Height
Frame Height
X Offset
Figure 152: Dimensions and position of the graphic inset and the anchored frame
When you import a graphic image, you can specify various resizing options.
Unlike anchored frame targets, these options explicitly refer to the final dimensions of the graphic inset rather than the enclosing anchored frame. The size of
the anchored frame, however, can be slaved to the final size of the graphic inset.