BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND

Used in: CONFIG   REQUEST
Servers: Image   ArcMap
Parent elements: PROPERTIES

<BACKGROUND	Attribute Description Table
color ="0,0,0 - 255,255,255" transcolor ="0,0,0 - 255,255,255" > No Child Elements </BACKGROUND >
Bold: Attribute or child element is required.

Description:

Defines color of map’s background.

Restrictions:

Valid with Image and ArcMap Servers.

When using transcolor, depending on the browser, the image formats that support transparent colors vary. JPG images do not support transparent colors. The table below lists which image formats support transparent colors for different browsers.

Browser	Supported Transparent Image Formats
ArcIMS HTML Viewer in Internet Explorer	PNG8, GIF
ArcIMS HTML Viewer in Netscape 4.x	GIF
ArcIMS HTML Viewer in Netscape 6.x	PNG8, GIF
ArcExplorer 4	PNG24, PNG8, GIF
ArcIMS Java Viewers in Internet Explorer and Netscape	PNG24, PNG8, GIF

Notes:

In order to set the background of an Image Service as transparent, color and transcolor should be set to the same value. White is 255,255,255.

Attribute Descriptions for BACKGROUND:

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color	1 Background color for map using RGB values.
transcolor	2 Transparent color in output image using RGB values. Only supported for GIF and PNG output formats.

Examples for BACKGROUND:

Example 1: Included in the PROPERTIES section for both CONFIG and REQUEST.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ARCXML version="1.1">
  <CONFIG>
    <ENVIRONMENT>
      <LOCALE country="US" language="en" variant="" />
      <UIFONT color="0,0,0" name="Arial" size="12" style="regular" />
      <SCREEN dpi="96" />
    </ENVIRONMENT>
    <MAP>
      <PROPERTIES>
        <ENVELOPE minx="-178.21" miny="18.92" maxx="-66.96" maxy="71.41" name="Initial_Extent" />
        <MAPUNITS units="decimal_degrees" />
        <BACKGROUND color="255,255,255" transcolor="255,255,255"/>
      </PROPERTIES>
      <WORKSPACES>
        <SHAPEWORKSPACE name="shp_ws-0" directory="<path to USA ESRIDATA>"/>
      </WORKSPACES>
      <LAYER type="featureclass" name="CITIES" visible="true" id="2">
      <DATASET name="CITIES" type="point" workspace="shp_ws-0" />
      <SIMPLERENDERER>
        <SIMPLEMARKERSYMBOL type="square" width="5" />
      </SIMPLERENDERER>
      </LAYER>
    </MAP>
  </CONFIG>
</ARCXML>