Getting TextSymbols from Layerfile

TOPOGRAPHICS — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 08:01:48 GMT

Hello,

I want to read a Layer-File (.stylx) fom disk and get the TextSymbols (with all properties) by Name.

I need this information to generate a AnnotationClass with the right TextSymbols.

Is it possible to do this from a Core.Host C# Application, not as an add-in, and how can I do it?

Thanks a lot

Re: Getting TextSymbols from Layerfile

Wolf — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:11:25 GMT

You cannot do this in a corehost application only in an add-in because styles can only be managed within the context of an ArcGIS Pro project. You can create the style from a .stylx input file by using the StyleHelper class: .

//Full path for the new style file (.stylx) to be created string styleToCreate = @"C:\Temp\NewStyle.stylx"; await QueuedTask.Run(() => StyleHelper.CreateStyle(Project.Current, styleToCreate)); var stylxProjectItem = Project.Current.GetItems<StyleProjectItem>().FirstOrDefault(i => i.Path == styleToCreate);

And then you can use LookupItem to find specific content:

public Task<SymbolStyleItem> GetSymbolFromStyleAsync(StyleProjectItem style, string key) { return QueuedTask.Run(() => { if (style == null) throw new System.ArgumentNullException(); //Search for a specific point symbol in style SymbolStyleItem item = (SymbolStyleItem)style.LookupItem(StyleItemType.PointSymbol, key); return item; }); }

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Getting TextSymbols from Layerfile

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