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