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DocFeatureLayer.Names (.NET)

The DocFeatureLayer.Names method retrieves a collection of strings of the names of the document feature layers in the drawing.

Declaration

public IEnumerable<string> Esri.ArcGISForAutoCAD.DocFeatureLayer.Names(Document doc)

Parameter

TypeNameDescriptionRequired

Document

doc

The AutoCAD document to act on.

required

Returns

TypeDescription

IEnumerable<string>

A collection of document feature layer names as strings.

Remarks on error conditions

This method may throw an exception or return an empty string or null if a parameter is invalid.

Example

Print the document feature layer names in the drawing.

// Initialize
var doc = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;

// Get the document feature layer names
var dflNames = Esri.ArcGISForAutoCAD.DocFeatureLayer.Names(doc);

// Print the document feature layer names
foreach (var name in dflNames)
{
  doc.Editor.WriteMessage("\n" + name);
}

/* Example output
Buildings
Contours
Parcels
Parks
Spot_Elevation
Streets
*/

See also

FeatureLayer.Names—A .NET method that retrieves a collection of strings of the names of the document feature layers and web features layers in the drawing.

WebFeatureLayer.Names—A .NET method that retrieves a collection of strings of the names of the web feature layers in the drawing.

esri_docfeaturelayer_names—An AutoLISP function that returns a list of strings of the names of the document feature layers in the drawing.