Provides access to members that serve maps. Note: the IMapServer interface has been superseded byIMapServer2. Please consider using the more recent version.
Product Availability
Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.
Description
Note: the IMapServer interface has been superseded by IMapServer2
A set of name-value pairs for properties set for the map document (mxd only). These properties are string values set in the map document's Map Properties dialog and include: Title, Subject, Author, Category, Keywords and Comments.
Generates an image of the map, based on the given map description, and writes the image to a specified file on disk. Supported file types are: 'bmp', 'jpg', 'tif', 'png'/'png8', 'png24', 'emf', 'ps', 'pdf', 'ai', 'gif', and 'svg'/'svgz'.
Returns a collection of Map Server Find Result objects that contain the given search string. If LayerIDs is Nothing/Null or empty, all layers are searched.
Returns a collection of Map Server Legend Info objects for the specified layers. If layerIDs is Nothing/Null or empty, legend information for all layers is returned.
The supported image return types for the map server. A value of esriImageReturnMimeData means that only MIME data is supported. Otherwise, either MIME data or URLs are supported.
Returns a collection of Map Server Hyperlink objects for the specified layers. Only hyperlinks of visible layers are returned. If LayerIDs is Nothing/Null or empty, all layers are searched.
The MapServer component provides programmatic access to the contents of a map document on disk, and creates images of the map contents based on user requests. Designed for use in building map-based web services and web applications.