Saving an ArcGIS animation file
When an animation is saved to a file, the animation environment settings, and all tracks and keyframes, are persisted. When an animation file is loaded, the persisted environment settings, tracks, and keyframes are loaded into the application.
The ArcGIS animation file extension is *.ama. For ArcGlobe, the file extension is *.aga (ArcGlobe animation file) and for ArcScene, *.asa (ArcScene animation file).
The following code example shows how to save an ArcMap animation to a *.ama file:
[C#]
public void Save_Map_Animation()
{
//Get the animation extension.
IAnimationExtension animExt;
animExt = GetAnimationExtension();
//Get the animation track container from the animation extension.
IAGAnimationTracks animTracks;
animTracks = animExt.AnimationTracks;
//Use the AGAnimationUtils object to save the animation.
IAGAnimationUtils animUtils;
animUtils = new AGAnimationUtils()as IAGAnimationUtils;
animUtils.SaveAnimationFile(animTracks.AnimationObjectContainer,
"C:\\temp\\agAnimFile.ama", esriArcGISVersion.esriArcGISVersionCurrent);
}
[VB.NET]
Private Sub Save_Map_Animation()
'Get the animation extension.
Dim animExt As IAnimationExtension
animExt = GetAnimationExtension()
'Get the animation track container from the animation extension.
Dim animTracks As IAGAnimationTracks
animTracks = animExt.AnimationTracks
'Use the AGAnimationUtils object to save the animation.
Dim animUtils As IAGAnimationUtils
animUtils = New AGAnimationUtils
animUtils.SaveAnimationFile(animTracks.AnimationObjectContainer, _
"C:\temp\agAnimFile.ama", esriArcGISVersion.esriArcGISVersionCurrent)
End Sub
Loading an ArcGIS animation file
The following code example shows how to load the ArcGIS animation file into ArcMap. You can also use a similar approach to load the ArcGIS animation file into ArcGlobe and ArcScene.
[C#]
private void Load_Map_Animation()
{
//Get the animation extension.
IAnimationExtension animExt;
animExt = GetAnimationExtension();
//Get the animation track container from the animation extension.
IAGAnimationTracks animTracks;
animTracks = animExt.AnimationTracks;
//Load the animation file using the AGAnimationUtils object.
IAGAnimationUtils animUtils;
animUtils = new AGAnimationUtils()as IAGAnimationUtils;
animUtils.LoadAnimationFile(animTracks.AnimationObjectContainer,
"C:\\temp\\agAnimFile.ama");
}
[VB.NET]
Private Sub Load_Map_Animation()
'Get the animation extension.
Dim animExt As IAnimationExtension
animExt = FindAnimationExtension()
'Get the animation track container from the animation extension.
Dim animTracks As IAGAnimationTracks
animTracks = animExt.AnimationTracks
'Load the animation file using the AGAnimationUtils object.
Dim animUtils As IAGAnimationUtils
animUtils = New AGAnimationUtils
animUtils.LoadAnimationFile(animTracks.AnimationObjectContainer, _
"C:\temp\agAnimFile.ama")
End Sub
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