ArcObjects Library Reference (Framework)

IDocument Interface

Provides access to other objects in the document.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Desktop.

When To Use

Use the IDocument interface to get access to the document's title, type, accelerator table, commandbars collection, parent application, and Visual Basic project. Use IApplication::Document to get a reference to the document.

Members

	Name	Description
	Accelerators	The accelerator table for this document.
	CommandBars	The commandbars collection in this document.
	ID	The unique id for this document.
	Parent	The application in which this document is open.
	Title	The title of this document.
	Type	The type of this document.
	VBProject	The VBProject for this document.

CoClasses that implement IDocument

CoClasses and Classes	Description
GMxDocument (esriArcGlobe)	Provides access to members that control the ArcGlobe document.
GxDocument (esriArcCatalog)	Esri ArcCatalog Application Document.
MxDocument (esriArcMapUI)	Esri Mx Document.
SxDocument (esriArcScene)	Provides access to members that control the ArcScene document.

Remarks

The document object is called MxDocument in ArcMap and GxDocument in ArcCatalog.

.NET Snippets

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