Open a mxd file without a WPF control in 10.3

PentechESRIAdmin

How do I open a mxd file to read names of the feature layers without a WPF control?  In previous versions I used the ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.MapDocumentClass to open the mxd then looped thru the feature layers using the ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IFeatureLayer guid.

Example code (VB.NET):

Dim objMap As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IMapDocument = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.MapDocumentClass

objMap.Open(MXDPath)

Dim pUID As ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.UID = New ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.UID

pUID.Value = "{" & GetType(ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IFeatureLayer).GUID.ToString & "}"

Dim objLayers As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IEnumLayer = objMap.ActiveView.FocusMap.Layers(pUID, True)

objLayers.Reset()

Dim objGenericLayer As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.ILayer = objLayers.Next

Do While objGenericLayer IsNot Nothing

If TypeOf objGenericLayer Is ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IFeatureLayer Then

Dim objLayer As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IFeatureLayer = CType(objGenericLayer, ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IFeatureLayer)

If objLayer.Selectable And objLayer.Visible Then

' Do Something with the selectable and visible feature layer

End If

End If

objGenericLayer = objLayers.Next

Loop

Thanks

MichaelBranscomb

Hi,

There is no directly support for MXDs. We are working on being able to share maps across the ArcGIS platform (mobile, web, desktop...) but for now in order to access these layers you'll need to share your MXD as a Map Package (MPK) then start a LocalMapService from that MPK. You can then get the details of all the layers in the map.

Cheers

Mike