Provides access to members that control the Element Properties. Note: the IElementProperties interface has been superseded byIElementProperties3. Please consider using the more recent version.
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When To Use
IElementProperties is a generic interface implemented by all GraphicElement objects (TextElement, PolygonElement, LineElement, etc.). The interface is used to assign custom properties to an element.
Members
| Description | ||
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AutoTransform | Indicates if transform is applied to symbols and other parts of element. False = only apply transform to geometry. |
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CustomProperty | Custom property. |
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Name | Name of the element. |
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Type | Type of the element. |
CoClasses that implement IElementProperties
| CoClasses and Classes | Description |
|---|---|
| BmpPictureElement | The Graphic Element to display BMP Pictures. |
| CircleElement | The Graphic Element to display Circles. |
| DataGraphTElement (esriCartoUI) | A container for the display and manipulation of data graph graphic element on the ArcMap layout view. |
| DisplacementLinkElement (esriEditorExt) | The Graphic Element to display adjustment links. |
| EllipseElement | The Graphic Element to display Ellipses. |
| EmfPictureElement | The Graphic Element to display Emf Pictures. |
| FrameElement | The Frame element to provide a neatline or background. |
| GeoEllipseElement (esriDefenseSolutions) | The graphic element to display GeoEllipses. |
| GeoPolygonElement (esriDefenseSolutions) | The graphic element for displaying GeoPolygons. |
| GeoPolylineElement (esriDefenseSolutions) | The graphic element for displaying GeoPolylines. |
| GifPictureElement | Graphic Element to display GIF Pictures. |
| GroupElement | The Group Graphic Element to display a group of graphic elements. |
| IdentityLinkElement (esriEditorExt) | The Graphic Element to display identity links. |
| InkGraphic | Ink Graphic Object. |
| Jp2PictureElement | Graphic Element to display JPEG2000 Pictures. |
| JpgPictureElement | Graphic Element to display JPG Pictures. |
| LineElement | The Graphic Element to display lines. |
| MapFrame | A graphic element for displaying maps. |
| MapSurroundFrame | A graphic element for displaying map surrounds. |
| MarkerElement | The Graphic Element to display markers. |
| MultiPatchElement | The MultiPatch Graphics Element CoClass. |
| OleFrame (esriArcMapUI) | The OLE frame. |
| ParagraphTextElement | The Graphic Element to display text which flows into an area geometry. |
| PictureElement | Picture Graphic Element. |
| PMFTitleTextElement | The Graphic Element to display dynamic PMF titles. |
| PngPictureElement | Graphic Element to display PNG Pictures. |
| PolygonElement | The Graphic Element to display polygons. |
| RectangleElement | The Graphic Element to display rectangles. |
| TableFrame (esriEditorExt) | Graphic Element to display table. |
| TemporalChartElement (esriTrackingAnalystUI) | Controls elements of the temporal charts. |
| Text3DElement | The Text3D Graphics Element CoClass. |
| TextElement | The Graphic Element to display text. |
| TifPictureElement | Graphic Element to display TIF Pictures. |
Remarks
Use the IElementProperties interface when you need to tag your graphic elements so that you can identify them later. An example of where this would be useful is when you add graphics to a layout, and know that you would want to delete them later, and need to distinguish them from the ones already present in the layout.
If you want to tag your element with a text string, you can simply use the Name or the Type property. If you want to associate another datatype with it, you can use the CustomProperty property which takes a Variant.