About the Creating a toolbar of globe tools Sample
[C#]
TextTool.cs
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using System.IO; using ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.BaseClasses; using ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.CATIDs; using System.Windows.Forms; using ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry; using ESRI.ArcGIS.Analyst3D; using ESRI.ArcGIS.GlobeCore; using ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto; using ESRI.ArcGIS.Display; using Microsoft.VisualBasic; namespace GlobeGraphicsToolbar { public class TextTool : ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.AddIns.Tool { private const int LeftButton = 1; private const esriSRGeoCSType GeographicCoordinateSystem = esriSRGeoCSType.esriSRGeoCS_WGS1984; private const float TextElementSize = 10; private const string GraphicsLayerName = "Globe Graphics"; private object _missing = Type.Missing; public TextTool() { } protected override void OnUpdate() { } protected override void OnMouseDown(ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.AddIns.Tool.MouseEventArgs arg) { if (arg.Button == MouseButtons.Left) { GeographicCoordinates geographicCoordinates = new GeographicCoordinates(ArcGlobe.Globe, arg.X, arg.Y); SpatialReferenceFactory spatialReferenceFactory = new SpatialReferenceFactory((int)GeographicCoordinateSystem); PointGeometry pointGeometry = new PointGeometry(geographicCoordinates.Longitude, geographicCoordinates.Latitude, geographicCoordinates.AltitudeInKilometers, spatialReferenceFactory.SpatialReference); TextForm textForm = new TextForm(); DialogResult dialogResult = textForm.ShowDialog(); if (textForm.InputText.Length > 0) { TextElement textElement = new TextElement(pointGeometry.Geometry, textForm.InputText, TextElementSize); TableOfContents tableOfContents = new TableOfContents(ArcGlobe.Globe); if (!tableOfContents.LayerExists(GraphicsLayerName)) { tableOfContents.ConstructLayer(GraphicsLayerName); } Layer layer = new Layer(tableOfContents[GraphicsLayerName]); layer.AddElement(textElement.Element, textElement.ElementProperties); ArcGlobe.Globe.GlobeDisplay.RefreshViewers(); } } } } }
[Visual Basic .NET]
TextTool.vb
Imports System Imports System.Collections.Generic Imports System.Text Imports System.IO Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.BaseClasses Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.CATIDs Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Analyst3D Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.GlobeCore Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Display Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Namespace GlobeGraphicsToolbar Public Class TextTool Inherits ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.AddIns.Tool Private Const LeftButton As Integer = 1 Private Const GeographicCoordinateSystem As ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.esriSRGeoCSType = ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.esriSRGeoCSType.esriSRGeoCS_WGS1984 Private Const TextElementSize As Single = 10 Private Const GraphicsLayerName As String = "Globe Graphics" Private _missing As Object = Type.Missing Public Sub New() End Sub Protected Overrides Sub OnUpdate() End Sub Protected Overrides Sub OnMouseDown(ByVal arg As ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.AddIns.Tool.MouseEventArgs) If arg.Button = MouseButtons.Left Then Dim geographicCoordinates As New GeographicCoordinates(ArcGlobe.Globe, arg.X, arg.Y) Dim spatialReferenceFactory As New SpatialReferenceFactory(CInt(Fix(GeographicCoordinateSystem))) Dim pointGeometry As New PointGeometry(geographicCoordinates.Longitude, geographicCoordinates.Latitude, geographicCoordinates.AltitudeInKilometers, spatialReferenceFactory.SpatialReference) Dim textForm As New TextForm() Dim dialogResult As DialogResult = textForm.ShowDialog() If textForm.InputText.Length > 0 Then Dim textElement As New TextElement(pointGeometry.Geometry, textForm.InputText, TextElementSize) Dim tableOfContents As New TableOfContents(ArcGlobe.Globe) If (Not tableOfContents.LayerExists(GraphicsLayerName)) Then tableOfContents.ConstructLayer(GraphicsLayerName) End If Dim layer As New Layer(tableOfContents(GraphicsLayerName)) layer.AddElement(textElement.Element, textElement.ElementProperties) ArcGlobe.Globe.GlobeDisplay.RefreshViewers() End If End If End Sub End Class End Namespace