ArcObjects Library Reference (Geometry)

ISpatialReferenceFactory.CreateDatum Method

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Function CreateDatum ( _
    ByVal datumType As Integer _
) As IDatum

[C#]
public IDatum CreateDatum (
    int datumType
);

[C++]
HRESULT CreateDatum(
  long datumType,
  IDatum** Datum
);

[C++]
Parameters
datumType 
  datumType is a parameter of type long
Datum [out, retval]
  Datum is a parameter of type IDatum

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

[C#]

ISpatialReferenceFactory spatialReferenceFactory = new SpatialReferenceEnvironmentClass(); 
//Create the datum using the available datums. These can be 
//found in the esriGeometry esriSRDatumType enumeration. 
IDatum datum = spatialReferenceFactory.CreateDatum((int)esriSRDatumType.esriSRDatum_NAD1983);

[Visual Basic .NET]

Dim pSpatRefFact As ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.ISpatialReferenceFactory 
'Set the spatial reference factory to a new spatial reference environment 
pSpatRefFact = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.SpatialReferenceEnvironment 

Dim pDatum As IDatum 

'Create the datum using the available datums. These can be 
'found in the esriGeometry esriSRDatumType enumeration. 

pDatum = pSpatRefFact.CreateDatum(ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.esriSRDatumType.esriSRDatum_NAD1983)