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SetTimeExtentsButton

About the Set the time extents for a layer then render the layer Sample

[C#]

SetTimeExtentsButton.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 SetTimeExtentsForALayer2008
{
  public class SetTimeExtentsButton : ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.AddIns.Button
  {
    public SetTimeExtentsButton()
    {
    }

    protected override void OnClick()
    {
      IMxDocument pMxDoc = ArcMap.Document;
      IMap pMap = pMxDoc.FocusMap;
      string sampeMapFileName = "BasicHurricanes.mxd";

      if (pMap.LayerCount < 1)
      {
        MessageBox.Show("Before running this sample, load the associated file \'" + sampeMapFileName + "\'");
        return;
      }
      if (pMap.get_Layer(0).Name != "atlantic_hurricanes_2000")
      {
        MessageBox.Show("Before running this sample, load the associated file \'" + sampeMapFileName + "\'");
        return;
      }

      ITimeZoneFactory pTZFac = new TimeZoneFactoryClass();
      //making the first layer of the focused map time-aware
      IFeatureLayer pFLyr = pMap.get_Layer(0) as IFeatureLayer;
      ITimeData pTimeData = pFLyr as ITimeData;

      String localTimeZoneId = pTZFac.QueryLocalTimeZoneWindowsID();
      ITimeReference timeRef = pTZFac.CreateTimeReferenceFromWindowsID(localTimeZoneId);
      if (pTimeData.SupportsTime)
      {
        pTimeData.UseTime = true;
        ITimeTableDefinition pTimeDataDef = pFLyr as ITimeTableDefinition;
        pTimeDataDef.StartTimeFieldName = "Date_Time";

        pTimeDataDef.TimeReference = timeRef;
        ITimeDataDisplay pTimeAnimProp = pFLyr as ITimeDataDisplay;
        pTimeAnimProp.TimeIntervalUnits = esriTimeUnits.esriTimeUnitsHours;
        pTimeAnimProp.TimeInterval = 12.0;
      }

      //
      IActiveView pActiveView = pMap as IActiveView;
      IScreenDisplay pScreenDisplay = pActiveView.ScreenDisplay;
      ITimeDisplay pTimeDisplay = pScreenDisplay as ITimeDisplay;
      pTimeDisplay.TimeReference = timeRef;

      ITime pStartTime = new TimeClass();
      pStartTime.Year = 2000; pStartTime.Month = 9; pStartTime.Day = 25;
      ITime pEndTime = new TimeClass();
      pEndTime.Year = 2000; pEndTime.Month = 9; pEndTime.Day = 30;

      ITimeExtent pTimeExt = new TimeExtentClass();
      pTimeExt.StartTime = pStartTime;
      pTimeExt.EndTime = pEndTime;
      pTimeDisplay.TimeValue = pTimeExt as ITimeValue;
      pActiveView.Refresh();
    }
    protected override void OnUpdate()
    {
      //Enabled = ArcMap.Application != null;
      Enabled = true;
    }
  }

}

[Visual Basic .NET]

SetTimeExtentsButton.vb

Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Display
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.ArcMapUI


Public Class SetTimeExtentsButton
  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 sampeMapFileName As String = "BasicHurricanes.mxd"

    If pMap.LayerCount < 1 Then
      MessageBox.Show("Before running this sample, load the associated file '" & sampeMapFileName & "'")
      Return
    End If

    If pMap.Layer(0).Name <> "atlantic_hurricanes_2000" Then
      MessageBox.Show("Before running this sample, load the associated file '" & sampeMapFileName & "'")
      Return
    End If

    Dim pTZFac As ITimeZoneFactory = New TimeZoneFactoryClass()
        'making the first layer of the focused map time-aware
    Dim pFLyr As IFeatureLayer = TryCast(pMap.Layer(0), IFeatureLayer)
    Dim pTimeData As ITimeData = TryCast(pFLyr, ITimeData)

    If pTimeData.SupportsTime Then
      pTimeData.UseTime = True
      Dim pTimeDataDef As ITimeTableDefinition = TryCast(pFLyr, ITimeTableDefinition)
      pTimeDataDef.StartTimeFieldName = "Date_Time"
      pTimeDataDef.TimeReference = pTZFac.CreateTimeReferenceFromWindowsID(pTZFac.QueryLocalTimeZoneWindowsID)
      Dim pTimeAnimProp As ITimeDataDisplay = TryCast(pFLyr, ITimeDataDisplay)
      pTimeAnimProp.TimeIntervalUnits = ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.esriTimeUnits.esriTimeUnitsHours
      pTimeAnimProp.TimeInterval = 12.0
    End If

    '
    Dim pActiveView As IActiveView = TryCast(pMap, IActiveView)
    Dim pScreenDisplay As IScreenDisplay = pActiveView.ScreenDisplay
    Dim pTimeDisplay As ITimeDisplay = TryCast(pScreenDisplay, ITimeDisplay)
    pTimeDisplay.TimeReference = pTZFac.CreateTimeReferenceFromWindowsID(pTZFac.QueryLocalTimeZoneWindowsID)

    Dim pStartTime As ITime = New TimeClass()
    pStartTime.Year = 2000
    pStartTime.Month = 9
    pStartTime.Day = 25
    Dim pEndTime As ITime = New TimeClass()
    pEndTime.Year = 2000
    pEndTime.Month = 9
    pEndTime.Day = 30

    Dim pTimeExt As ITimeExtent = New TimeExtentClass()
    pTimeExt.StartTime = pStartTime
    pTimeExt.EndTime = pEndTime
    pTimeDisplay.TimeValue = TryCast(pTimeExt, ITimeValue)
    pActiveView.Refresh()
  End Sub

  Protected Overrides Sub OnUpdate()
    Enabled = True
  End Sub
End Class