ESRI.ArcGIS.Mobile
Unit Class
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ESRI.ArcGIS.Mobile.SpatialReferences Namespace : Unit Class

Represents the unit of measurement for the current spatial reference.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Public NotInheritable Class Unit
C# 
public sealed class Unit

Example

An example showing how to use the unit class to output a measurement in the specified units.
C#Copy Code
     
    //gets the current sketch geometry and cast to polyline 
    Polyline pl =  sketchGraphicLayer1.Geometry as Polyline; 
    //Use the unit class to convert to meters 
    Unit myunit = map1.SpatialReference.Unit; 
    myunittest = Unit.GetUnit(myunit.FactoryCode); 
    Unit targetunit = Unit.GetUnit(Unit.Meter.FactoryCode); 
    double measure = Unit.FromUnitToUnit(pl.GetLength(), myunit, targetunit); 
    // this will display measurements in a messagebox 
    MessageBox.Show(measure.ToString()+ " " + targetunit.UnitName + "s"); 
    

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   ESRI.ArcGIS.Mobile.SpatialReferences.Unit

Requirements

Namespace: ESRI.ArcGIS.Mobile.SpatialReferences

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 family

Assembly: ESRI.ArcGIS.Mobile (in ESRI.ArcGIS.Mobile.dll)

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