ArcObjects Library Reference (Controls)  

ITOCControl Interface

Provides access to members that control the TOCControl. Note: the ITOCControl interface has been superseded byITOCControl2. Please consider using the more recent version.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine.

Description

The ITOCControl interface is a starting point for any tasks related to the TOCControl such as setting the general appearance, setting the Buddy control, and managing layer visibility and label editing.

Members

Description
Method AboutBox Displays a dialog of information about the TOCControl.
Read-only property ActiveView The ActiveView used to populate the TOCControl.
Read/write property Appearance The appearance of the TOCControl.
Read/write property BorderStyle The border style of the TOCControl.
Read-only property Buddy The object whose ActiveView is used to populate the TOCControl.
Read/write property CustomProperty A property to associate data with a control.
Read/write property Enabled Indicates whether the TOCControl can respond to user generated events.
Method HitTest Returns the item in the TOCControl at the specified coordinates.
Read-only property hWnd Handle to the window associated with the TOCControl.
Read/write property KeyIntercept A property that specifies interception of key strokes that are normally handled by the container. When intercepted the OnKeyDown and OnKeyUp events will be called. This value can be a combined bit mask of esriKeyIntercept enum values.
Read/write property LabelEdit Label editing state.
Read/write property LayerVisibilityEdit Layer visibility editing state.
Read/write property MouseIcon Custom mouse icon used if MousePointer is 99.
Read/write property MousePointer The mouse pointer displayed over the TOCControl.
Read-only property Object A property that returns the underlying control. This can be used when the control is inside a wrapper object that has been added by a development environment.
Method SetActiveView Sets the ActiveView used to populate the TOCControl.
Method SetBuddyControl Sets a control to be a buddy of the toolbar, this control must support ITOCBuddy.
Method Update Updates the contents of the TOCControl to match its ActiveView.

CoClasses that implement ITOCControl

CoClasses and Classes Description
TOCControl Esri TOCControl
[C#]

When querying interface to ITOCControl in Visual Basic .NET or Visual C# .NET the Object property or container specific code must be used. This is because .NET contains the real control inside a wrapper object known as an host.

ITOCControl tocControl = axTOCControl1.Object as ITOCControl;

[Visual Basic .NET]

When querying interface to ITOCControl in Visual Basic .NET or Visual C# .NET the Object property or container specific code must be used. This is because .NET contains the real control inside a wrapper object known as an host.

Dim tocControl As ITOCControl = AxTOCControl1.Object

.NET Samples

ArcGIS Network Analyst extension Engine application (Code Files: frmMain) | TOCControl metadata viewer (Code Files: MetadataViewer)