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• Rules for constructing the annotation string based on feature attribute values.

More than one attribute can be used to construct the annotation string. Specific formatting of the annotation string can also be defined for an attribute.

Tag	Attribute	Attribute Description
<Object/>	Acronym	Feature to which the annotation is associated.
`<CreateAnnotation/>` - AnnotationType general attributes	AnnotationType	POINT_JUSTIFIED_TEXT (default), CURVED_LINE_TEXT, BLOCK_TEXT. See below for attributes associated with text annotation type.
	Acronym	Annotation acronym must be in the dictionary.
	Description	Description of the annotation.
`<CreateAnnotation/>` - AnnotationType specific attributes	POINT_JUSTIFIED_TEXT
	XOffset	X offset, in millimetres, from object's reference point.
	YOffset	Y offset, in millimetres, from object's reference point.
	XRefOffset	X offset, in millimetres, of the reference point from the annotated feature.
	YRefOffset	Y offset, in millimetres, of the reference point from the annotated feature.
	Angle	Angle of the text, in degrees, around the text's reference point.
	HJust	Horizontal justification - Left, Centre, Right.
	VJust	Vertical justification - Top, Centre, Bottom, Baseline, Font Upper, Font Lower
	OrientAttribute	The name of the attribute from which the annotation orientation information is used.
	BLOCK_TEXT
	XRefOffset	X offset, in millimetres, of the reference point from the annotated feature.
	YRefOffset	Y offset, in millimetres, of the reference point from the annotated feature.
	Angle	Angle of the block text, in degrees, around the block text's reference point.
	File	Optional parameter; points to an RTF file used for the text of the annotation. Note: When using File the attributes of the text data from the file are used and the attribute values of the text data set in the tag (size, WidthMM, etc.) are ignored.
	WidthMM	Width of block text in millimetres.
	Newline	Flag - True, False (indicates if a newline character should be inserted at the end of the annotation). This can be applied to point-justified or block text.
	CharsToNewLine	Character(s) that match the attribute value are replaced with a newline character.
	CURVED_LINE_TEXT
	CurveFormat	Stretched, Spaced, Start, Centre, and End
	CurveType	Polyline, Spline
<Style/>	Font	Name of the font. The full font name must be used.
	Colour	Colour of the font -uses colour tokens.
	Size	Font size in points.
	Bold	Flag - True, False
	Italic	Flag - True, False
	Underline	Flag - True, False
<Attribute/>	Acronym	Attribute to retrieve the annotation from.
	Prefix	String to append to the beginning of the annotation.
	Postfix	String to append to the end of the annotation.
	Format	Format to indicate precision (maximum ###.#).
	Separator	Character(s) between elements of list attributes.
	UseAbbreviation	Flag -`True`, `False` (indicates if annotation is from the AbbreviationTable or the ListAbbreviationTable).
	FeatureAttribute	Flag -`True`, `False` (indicates if attribute should come from the feature or spatial object - points only). Feature object=”True” is assumed.
	Units	Set to `Metres` or `Imperial Feet` (indicates if annotations are displayed in the selected value).

Regular Expressions (‘Regex’) in Perl are strings that describe patterns. You can use these in the annotation file to reformat text.

For more information on regular expressions, see http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html. Further examples of Regex use in CARIS support files can be found at Regular Expressions.

</Filter>

<CreateAnnotation Acronym="$comch"

Description="Communication Channel" HJust="Left"

VJust="Bottom" XOffset="0" YOffset="0">

</Regex>

</CreateAnnotation>

</Object>

The above creates an annotation from the COMCHA attribute by removing the brackets.