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IMapControl2.DrawText Method

Draws text along the supplied geometry.

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Sub DrawText ( _
    ByVal pGeometry As IGeometry, _
    ByVal text As String, _
    [ByRef pSymbol As Object] _
)

[C#]
public void DrawText (
    IGeometry pGeometry,
    string text,
    ref object pSymbol
);

[C++]
HRESULT DrawText(
  IGeometry* pGeometry,
  BSTR text,
  Variant* pSymbol
);

[C++]
Parameters
pGeometry [in]

  pGeometry is a parameter of type IGeometry*
text [in]

  text is a parameter of type BSTR
pSymbol [in, optional]

  pSymbol is a parameter of type VARIANT*

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine.

Description

DrawText draws a text string around a specified geometry. Use the DrawText method within the esriViewForeground phase of the IMapControlEvents2::OnAfterDraw event.

Errors Returned

1025 800a0401: The specified symbol does not indicate the correct type of object

[C#]

private void axMapControl1_OnAfterDraw(object sender, ESRI.ArcGIS.MapControl.IMapControlEvents2_OnAfterDrawEvent e)
{
    if (e.viewDrawPhase == (int) esriViewDrawPhase.esriViewForeground)
    {
        //Use DrawText...
    }
}

[Visual Basic .NET]

Private Sub AxMapControl1_OnAfterDraw(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ESRI.ArcGIS.MapControl.IMapControlEvents2_OnAfterDrawEvent) Handles AxMapControl1.OnAfterDraw
    If e.viewDrawPhase = esriViewDrawPhase.esriViewForeground Then
        'Use DrawText...
    End If
End Sub

IMapControl2.DrawText Method

Product Availability

Description

Errors Returned

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