NewGraphicsLayerCmd.vb
' Copyright 2012 ESRI ' ' All rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States ' and applicable international laws, treaties, and conventions. ' ' You may freely redistribute and use this sample code, with or ' without modification, provided you include the original copyright ' notice and use restrictions. ' ' See the use restrictions. ' Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Imports System Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.BaseClasses Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.CATIDs Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Controls Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto ''' <summary> ''' this command adds a new graphics layer to the map and makes it the active graphics layer ''' </summary> <Guid("ba7007d0-545a-49a8-87a1-b42e5f2d2262"), ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None), ProgId("GraphicsLayerToolControl.NewGraphicsLayerCmd")> _ Public NotInheritable Class NewGraphicsLayerCmd : Inherits BaseCommand #Region "COM Registration Function(s)" <ComRegisterFunction(), ComVisible(False)> _ Private Shared Sub RegisterFunction(ByVal registerType As Type) ' Required for ArcGIS Component Category Registrar support ArcGISCategoryRegistration(registerType) ' ' TODO: Add any COM registration code here ' End Sub <ComUnregisterFunction(), ComVisible(False)> _ Private Shared Sub UnregisterFunction(ByVal registerType As Type) ' Required for ArcGIS Component Category Registrar support ArcGISCategoryUnregistration(registerType) ' ' TODO: Add any COM unregistration code here ' End Sub #Region "ArcGIS Component Category Registrar generated code" ''' <summary> ''' Required method for ArcGIS Component Category registration - ''' Do not modify the contents of this method with the code editor. ''' </summary> Private Shared Sub ArcGISCategoryRegistration(ByVal registerType As Type) Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID) ControlsCommands.Register(regKey) MxCommands.Register(regKey) End Sub ''' <summary> ''' Required method for ArcGIS Component Category unregistration - ''' Do not modify the contents of this method with the code editor. ''' </summary> Private Shared Sub ArcGISCategoryUnregistration(ByVal registerType As Type) Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID) ControlsCommands.Unregister(regKey) MxCommands.Unregister(regKey) End Sub #End Region #End Region #Region "class members" Private m_hookHelper As IHookHelper = Nothing #End Region #Region "class constructor" Public Sub New() MyBase.m_category = ".NET Samples" MyBase.m_caption = "New Graphics Layer" MyBase.m_message = "Add new Graphics layer" MyBase.m_toolTip = "Add new Graphics layer" MyBase.m_name = "ToolControlSample_NewGraphicsLayerCmd" Try Dim bitmapResourceName As String = Me.GetType().Name & ".bmp" MyBase.m_bitmap = New Bitmap(Me.GetType(), bitmapResourceName) Catch ex As Exception System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine(ex.Message, "Invalid Bitmap") End Try End Sub #End Region #Region "Overridden Class Methods" ''' <summary> ''' Occurs when this command is created ''' </summary> ''' <param name="hook">Instance of the application</param> Public Overrides Sub OnCreate(ByVal hook As Object) If hook Is Nothing Then Return End If If m_hookHelper Is Nothing Then m_hookHelper = New HookHelperClass() End If m_hookHelper.Hook = hook End Sub ''' <summary> ''' Occurs when this command is clicked ''' </summary> Public Overrides Sub OnClick() 'get the map Dim map As IMap = m_hookHelper.FocusMap 'count the graphics layers (will be used in order to name the new layer) Dim graphicsLayerCoount As Integer = 0 Dim i As Integer = 0 Do While i < map.LayerCount If TypeOf map.Layer(i) Is IGraphicsLayer Then graphicsLayerCoount += 1 End If i += 1 Loop 'create a new graphics layer Dim graphicsLayer As IGraphicsLayer = New CompositeGraphicsLayerClass() 'name the new layer CType(graphicsLayer, ILayer).Name = "Graphics Layer " & graphicsLayerCoount.ToString() 'make the new graphics layer the active graphics layer map.ActiveGraphicsLayer = CType(graphicsLayer, ILayer) 'add the new layer to the map map.AddLayer(CType(graphicsLayer, ILayer)) End Sub #End Region End Class