ArcObjects Library Reference (Carto)

IElementProperties Interface

Provides access to members that control the Element Properties. Note: the IElementProperties interface has been superseded byIElementProperties3. Please consider using the more recent version.

Product Availability

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

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
	AutoTransform	Indicates if transform is applied to symbols and other parts of element. False=only apply transform to geometry.
	CustomProperty	Custom property.
	Name	Name of the element.
	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.
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.

.NET Samples

Geoevents in a MapControl (Code Files: GeoEvents) | Move a graphic along a path in ArcMap (Code Files: AnimationTypeMapGraphic MapGraphicKeyframe MapGraphicTrackExtension) | Copy the PageLayoutControl focus map and overwrite the MapControl map (Code Files: CopyFocusMap)