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Provides access to the available properties of a layer description object. Note: the ILayerDescription2 interface has been superseded byILayerDescription3. Please consider using the more recent version.
| Description | ||
|---|---|---|
|  | DefinitionExpression | The definition expression for the layer. | 
|  | ID | The layer ID. This is a unique ID for the layer, and is used to identify the layer in a number of method calls. | 
|  | ScaleSymbols | Indicates whether the layer should scale its symbols according to the reference scale. | 
|  | SelectionBufferDistance | The selection buffer distance. When drawing, and if a selection filter is specified, a buffer zone of the specified distance will be displayed around the selected features. | 
|  | SelectionBufferSymbol | Symbol used for drawing selection buffer. | 
|  | SelectionColor | The selection color (used when SetSelectionSymbol=FALSE). | 
|  | SelectionFeatures | Array of selected features. | 
|  | SelectionSymbol | The selection symbol. | 
|  | SetSelectionSymbol | Indicates if the selected set of features is drawn using the SelectionSymbol. | 
|  | ShowLabels | Indicates whether the layer should display its dynamic labels. | 
|  | ShowSelectionBuffer | Indicates whether the selection buffer should be displayed. | 
|  | SourceID | The id of the source to use when drawing the layer. | 
|  | Visible | Indicates whether the layer is visible as defined in the TOC (i.e. marked on). | 
| Interfaces | Description | 
|---|---|
| ILayerDescription | Provides access to the available properties of a layer description object. | 
| CoClasses and Classes | Description | 
|---|---|
| LayerDescription | The Layer Description coclass contains settings of a layer in a map. |