Modify the Layer Object

setColorScale - Displays color scale on a panel and specifies its attributes

Usage: myDataLayer.setColorScale(keywords)

Keywords - optional:

visible=	True - displays color scale (default)
placement=	location of color scale 'Top' (default) 'Bottom' 'Left' 'Right'
font=	name of font; default = font defined in User Preferences
style=	font style; default=font defined in user preferences 'BOLD' - bolded font 'ITALIC' - italicized font 'NONE'
size=	size of font; default = size of font defined in User Preferences
color=	'color name'; default = color defined in User Preferences -or- [R,G,B] fractional scaling factor for each red, green and blue value (0.0 to 1.0)
showUnit=	toggles the visibility of the display unit on the color scale (default = False)

Example:

layer.setColorScale(placement='Left',font='SansSerif',size=18.0,color='green',showUnit=True)

setEnhancement - Applies a color table and defines data range of data in a layer

Usage: myDataLayer.setEnhancement(keywords)

Keywords - required:

color table =

color table name e.g., 'Longwave Infrared Deep Convection'

Keywords - optional:

range=	(min,max) enhancement range; default = (min,max) of data
transparency=	transparency to apply to entire enhancement. The valid range is 0 - 100, with 0 being opaque and 100 being 100% transparent; default=0

Example:

layer.setEnhancement('Longwave Infrared Deep Convection',range=(20,250),transparency=20)

setLayerLabel - Toggles a layer label on/off and defines its attributes

Usage: myDataLayer.setLayerLabel(keywords)

Keywords - required:

label =

layer label string. This can include macros

Keywords - optional:

visible=	True - displays layer label(default)
font=	name of font; default = font defined in User Preferences.
style=	font style; default = font defined in user preferences 'BOLD' - bolded font 'ITALIC' - italicized font 'NONE'
size=	size of font; default = size of font defined in User Preferences
color=	'color name'; default = color defined in User Preferences -or- [R,G,B] fractional scaling factor for each red, green and blue value (0.0 to 1.0)

Example:

layer.setLayerLabel('%displayname% %timestamp%', size=15, color='blue', style='BOLD')

setLayerVisible - Toggles layer visibility on/off, this includes any color scale or layer labels for the layer

Usage: myDataLayer.setLayerVisible(keywords)

Keywords - required:

visible=

sets the visibility of the layer
True - displays the layer
False - does not display the layer

Example:

layer.setLayerVisible(False)

setVerticalPosition - Sets the vertical positioning of the layer in the Main Display. The acceptable values range from -1 (bottom) to 1 (top)

Usage: myDataLayer.setLayerVisible(keywords)

Keywords - required:

verticalPosition=

Sets the vertical positioning of the layer in the Main Display.

Example:

layer.setVerticalPosition(1)