Provides access to members used to create layers from names.
Product Availability
Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.
Description
Provides a helper method to iterate the Layer Factory component category to find a layer factory object that is used to create one or more layer objects.
Members
| Description | ||
|---|---|---|
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CreateLayersFromName | Given a name attempts to open it using the layer factories, if successful returns a layers enumerator. |
CoClasses that implement ILayerFactoryHelper
| CoClasses and Classes | Description |
|---|---|
| LayerFactoryHelper | Helper class to create layers from names. |
Remarks
The CreateLayersFromName method internally iterates the objects in the "Layer Factory" component category and uses the ILayerFactory::CanCreate and ILayerFactory::Create methods to create the layers. Numerous layer factories are registered in the "Layer Factory" component categories with all ArcGIS products.