where <depiction-file> is the name and full path of a bitmap or a metafile.
Alternatively, you can write:
DEPICTIONS { DIAGRAM RETAIN STYLE <depiction-file> MENU <depiction-file> }
The Diagram clause is used to specify which image file to use for the toolbar and which to use on the Diagram. For the Menu, you can only use bitmap files. However if a metafile is used for the menu a warning will be given This version of System Architect does not Support metafiles as menu depictions – ignored. You will still be able to add these as buttons to the menu, but they will appear in text form only. For the Diagram you can use either a bitmap or metafile.
There is an exception to this in the depiction of line symbols, wherein only the Menu clause applies. In essence, you cannot use the DEPICTIONS statement to specify the way a line symbol should look on the diagram workspace; you can only use the Menu clause to tell System Architect how the line symbol should be represented on the Draw menu or toolbox. You can, however, use the DEPICT LIKE clause to specify to some degree how lines should look on the diagram workspace: see Depicting line symbols.
Note Pictures in the Draw menu and toolbox in System Architect are 16 x 16 bits in size. Your pictures may be a different size than this, but if larger, the System Architect menu and toolbox will increase in size to accommodate.
Example
This example creates a new diagram type called “my_new_diagram”, creates a new symbol type called “my_new_symbol”, assigns the new symbol to the new diagram, and then specifies that the new symbol should be depicted with two bitmaps, one for the way the symbol looks on the diagram workspace (“my_picture_for_workspace.bmp”) and one for the Draw menu and toolbox in the diagram (“my_picture_for_toolbox.bmp”). The pictures are both located in the “my_encyclopedia” directory.