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IDimensionEditExtension Interface

Provides access to members that control dimension feature editing.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Desktop.

Members

	Name	Description
	CreateStyleID	The style id of newly created dimension features.
	CurrentConstructor	The currently selected dimension constructor.
	DimensionConstructors	The dimension constructors for creating new dimensions.
	Editor	The editor application extension.
	IsDimensionTarget	Indicates if a dimension feature class is the current editor target.

Classes that implement IDimensionEditExtension

Classes	Description
DimensionEditExtension	An editor extension for creating and editing dimension features.

[C#]

The following example illustrates how to obtain a reference to the DimensionEditExtension in C#.

public void GetEditorExtensionByCLSID()
{
  //You can get app from ICommand :: OnCreate() hook parameter
  UID editorUid = new UIDClass();
  editorUid.Value = "esriEditor.Editor";
  IEditor editor = app.FindExtensionByCLSID(editorUid) as IEditor;

  UID dimUid = new UIDClass();
  dimUid.Value = "esriEditorExt.DimensionEditExtension";
  IDimensionEditExtension dimEditExt = editor.FindExtension(dimUid) as IDimensionEditExtension;
}

[Visual Basic .NET]

The following example illustrates how to obtain a reference to the DimensionEditExtension in VBNet.

  Public Sub GetEditorExtensionByCLSID()
    'You can get app from ICommand :: OnCreate() hook parameter
    Dim editorUid As UID = New UIDClass()
    editorUid.Value = "esriEditor.Editor"
    Dim editor As IEditor = TryCast(app.FindExtensionByCLSID(editorUid), IEditor)

    Dim dimUid As UID = New UIDClass()
    dimUid.Value = "esriEditorExt.DimensionEditExtension"
    Dim dimEditExt As IDimensionEditExtension = TryCast(editor.FindExtension(dimUid), IDimensionEditExtension)
  End Sub