About the Applying a time offset to a time-aware feature layer Sample
[C#]
TimeOffsetButton.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.ArcMapUI;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.Display;
namespace ApplyOffsetToATimeAwareLayer2008
{
public class TimeOffsetButton : ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.AddIns.Button
{
public TimeOffsetButton()
{
}
protected override void OnClick()
{
IMxDocument pMxDoc = ArcMap.Document;
IMap pMap = pMxDoc.FocusMap;
string filename = "TimeAwareHurricanes.mxd";
if (pMap.LayerCount < 1)
{
MessageBox.Show("Before running this sample, load the associated file \'" + filename + "\'");
return;
}
if (pMap.get_Layer(0).Name != "atlantic_hurricanes_2000")
{
MessageBox.Show("Before running this sample, load the associated file \'" + filename + "\'");
return;
}
ILayer selectedLayer = ArcMap.Document.SelectedLayer;
if (selectedLayer == null)
MessageBox.Show("There is no selected layer. Select a time-aware layer");
ITimeZoneFactory pTZFac = new TimeZoneFactoryClass();
IFeatureLayer pFLyr = selectedLayer as IFeatureLayer;
ITimeData pTimeData = pFLyr as ITimeData;
//making the first layer of the focused map time-aware
if (pTimeData.SupportsTime)
{
pTimeData.UseTime = true;
ITimeDataDisplay pTimeAnimProp = pFLyr as ITimeDataDisplay;
pTimeAnimProp.TimeOffsetUnits = esriTimeUnits.esriTimeUnitsYears;
pTimeAnimProp.TimeOffset = System.DateTime.Now.Year - 2000;
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Before running this sample, load the associated file \'" + filename + "\'");
return;
}
IActiveView pActiveView = pMap as IActiveView;
pActiveView.Refresh();
}
protected override void OnUpdate()
{
Enabled = true;
}
}
}
[Visual Basic .NET]
TimeOffsetButton.vb
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.ArcMapUI
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Display
Public Class TimeOffsetButton
Inherits ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.AddIns.Button
Public Sub New()
End Sub
Protected Overrides Sub OnClick()
Dim pMxDoc As IMxDocument = My.ArcMap.Document
Dim pMap As IMap = pMxDoc.FocusMap
Dim filename As String = "TimeAwareHurricanes.mxd"
If pMap.LayerCount < 1 Then
MessageBox.Show("Before running this sample, load the associated file '" & filename & "'")
Return
End If
If pMap.Layer(0).Name <> "atlantic_hurricanes_2000" Then
MessageBox.Show("Before running this sample, load the associated file '" & filename & "'")
Return
End If
Dim selectedLayer As ILayer = My.ArcMap.Document.SelectedLayer
If selectedLayer Is Nothing Then
MessageBox.Show("There is no selected layer. Select a time-aware layer")
End If
Dim pTZFac As ITimeZoneFactory = New TimeZoneFactoryClass()
Dim pFLyr As IFeatureLayer = TryCast(selectedLayer, IFeatureLayer)
Dim pTimeData As ITimeData = TryCast(pFLyr, ITimeData)
'making the first layer of the focused map time-aware
If pTimeData.SupportsTime Then
pTimeData.UseTime = True
Dim pTimeAnimProp As ITimeDataDisplay = TryCast(pFLyr, ITimeDataDisplay)
pTimeAnimProp.TimeOffsetUnits = ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.esriTimeUnits.esriTimeUnitsYears
pTimeAnimProp.TimeOffset = System.DateTime.Now.Year - 2000
Else
MessageBox.Show("Before running this sample, load the associated file '" & filename & "'")
Return
End If
Dim pActiveView As IActiveView = TryCast(pMap, IActiveView)
pActiveView.Refresh()
End Sub
Protected Overrides Sub OnUpdate()
Enabled = True
End Sub
End Class