FeatureLayer.Get (.NET)

The FeatureLayer.Get method returns a dictionary of feature layer properties.

Declaration

public Dictionary<string, string> Esri.ArcGISForAutoCAD.FeatureLayer.Get(Document doc, string flName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description	Required
Document	doc	The AutoCAD document to act on.	required
string	flName	An existing feature layer name in the drawing.	required

Returns

Type

Description

Dictionary<string, string>

A dictionary of feature layer properties, which may include the following: Key: NAME, Value: The name of the feature layer. Key: GEOMTYPE, Value: The feature layer geometry type ("Polygon", "Polyline", "Point", "Multipatch", or "Annotation"). Key: TYPEFIELD, Value: If the feature layer has subtypes, this is the name of the field that subtypes are based on; otherwise, it is omitted. Key: FLTYPE, Value: The document or web feature layer type.

Remarks on error conditions

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

Example

Print the feature layer properties for the Buildings feature layer.

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

// Get the feature layer properties
var buildingsProperties = Esri.ArcGISForAutoCAD.FeatureLayer.Get(doc, "Buildings");

// Print the properties
foreach (var property in buildingsProperties)
{
  doc.Editor.WriteMessage("\nKey = {0}, Value = {1}", property.Key, property.Value);
}

/* Example output
Key = NAME, Value = Buildings
Key = GEOMTYPE, Value = Polygon
Key = TYPEFIELD, Value =
Key = FLTYPE, Value = Document
*/

See also

esri_featurelayer_get—An AutoLISP function that returns an associated list of feature layer properties.