Deletes the document feature layer in the drawing, but leaves the entities of a document feature layer unchanged. You can modify the document feature layer properties by removing and adding new feature layer properties.
Syntax
(esri_docfeaturelayer_remove flname)
Arguments
- flname | string | required | The existing document feature layer name in the current drawing.
Example usage
Attempt to remove the Parks document feature layer definition from the current drawing:(esri_docfeaturelayer_remove "Parks")
Result example usage
Removes the document feature layer definition from the drawing and all entities remain unchanged, then returns a list of true:
(T)Return values
- If successful, returns a list of true: (T)
- If failed, returns a list with the first value of nil and then an associated list containing the key value "Error" and an associated error message as a string: (nil ( "Error" . "<message>"))
Failed return values
A failed return value can occur for any of the following reasons:
- (nil ("Error" . "Missing required
argument."))
The required argument was not supplied.
- (nil ("Error" . "Feature layer not
found."))
The specified feature layer value is not a valid feature layer in the drawing.
See also
esri_featurelayer_remove | Removes a web feature layer or document feature layer from the current drawing.
esri_webfeaturelayer_remove | Removes a web feature layer from the current drawing.