IMapReader Interface

Provides access to members that support reading a map document.

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When To Use

When writing your own custom server object use IMapReader to read an .mxd or .pmf.

Members

	Name	Description
	AccessInternalObjects	Indicates whether the internal objects of the map can be exposed to external clients.
	Close	Clears out all of the map objects in memory. The client must call the Open method again before attempting any other operations.
	DocumentInfo	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.
	Map	The map object at the specified index.
	MapCount	The number of maps (data frames) in the document.
	Open	Opens an mxd or pmf file stored at the specified path.
	PageLayout	The PageLayout object.
	Thumbnail	The thumbnail stored in the map document.

Classes that implement IMapReader

Remarks

MapReader is a helper coclass that reads the contents of a map document file (.mxd and .pmf).  The IMapReader interface provides read-only access to: document information (DocumentInfo), the map object (Map), the number of map objects within the document (MapCount), the page layout object (PageLayout), and the thumbnail image stored in the document.

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