ArcObjects Library Reference (Display)  

IPictureMarkerSymbol Interface

Provides access to members that control the raster (bitmap) marker symbol.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Description

IPictureMarkerSymbol is a marker symbols that uses the contents of either a Windows bitmap (.BMP) file, or an Enhanced MetaFile (.EMF). The latter is an excellent way to get highly polished multi-color artwork into Arc Map as a marker symbol.

Members

Description
Read/write property Angle Marker symbol angle.
Read/write property BackgroundColor Background color of the picture for 1 bit images.
Read/write property BitmapTransparencyColor Color within bitmap indicating transparency.
Read/write property Color Marker symbol color.
Method CreateMarkerSymbolFromFile Create symbol from picture file.
Read/write property Picture Picture used for marker symbol.
Read/write property Size Marker symbol size.
Read/write property SwapForeGroundBackGroundColor Indicates if foreground and background colors are swapped on 1 Bit Images Only.
Read/write property XOffset Symbol X-axis offset from point location.
Read/write property YOffset Symbol Y-axis offset from point location.

Inherited Interfaces

Interfaces Description
IMarkerSymbol Provides access to members that control marker symbols.

CoClasses that implement IPictureMarkerSymbol

CoClasses and Classes Description
MoleMarkerSymbol (esriDefenseSolutions) Mole Marker Symbol Class.
PictureMarkerSymbol A marker symbol based on either a BMP or an EMF picture.

.NET Snippets

Create Marker Symbol From MOLE Cached Graphic | Create Picture Marker Symbol

.NET Samples

Dynamic logo (Code Files: DynamicLogo) | Use an AlgorithmicColorRamp to color a ClassBreaksRenderer (Code Files: AlgorithmicColorRamp) | RSS weather layer (Code Files: RSSWeatherLayerClass)

.NET Related Topics

How to make a picture marker symbol