topic Displaying field information in text boxes for printing with or without ArcObjects in ArcObjects SDK Questions

Displaying field information in text boxes for printing with or without ArcObjects

JeffreyNemecek — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:27:34 GMT

What I'm trying to do is auto-populate text boxes on the Layout view of my map document for printing. I have certain fields that I want to auto-populate the different parts of the print-out (i.e. Owner, Acres, Section/Town/Range, Legal Description, etc.) when I select a parcel. Is this possible without using ArcObjects? If it isn't, what would some example code be for auto-populating text boxes look like?

Thanks, Jeff

Re: Displaying field information in text boxes for printing with or without ArcObject

NeilClemmons — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:46:51 GMT

I'm not going to say you can't do it without ArcObjects but it would be quite difficult I imagine. You can do this by naming the text elements in the layout then looping through the layout's graphics container and setting the text value of the element according to its name.

Re: Displaying field information in text boxes for printing with or without ArcObject

JamesCrandall — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:25:25 GMT

Agree with Neil --- if you are going to use and manipulate the Layout View for map production, then it is going to be difficult to non implement some ArcObjects. One idea is to implement a new customized CrystalReport as a replacement to the actual Layout View, just use the data for filling the informational portions (your textboxes) and add a the map view as a .jpg (you'd have to automate the export map functionality).

In any event, this would be a much more involved approach instead of just getting your ArcObjects implmented into your Layout View in ArcGIS Desktop.