topic How do I programmatically get the position and size of ArcMap's data view? in ArcObjects SDK Questions

How do I programmatically get the position and size of ArcMap's data view?

GenaroGarcia — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 21:26:58 GMT

I'm needing to programmatically display a form at the upper left position of ArcMap the data view.

How do I get the X/Y position?

Re: How do I programmatically get the position and size of ArcMap's data view?

DanPatterson_Retired — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 22:43:24 GMT

examine the properties and the code examples in the dataframe section in arcpy

Re: How do I programmatically get the position and size of ArcMap's data view?

GenaroGarcia — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 13:16:09 GMT

I'm working with ArcGIS 10.2.2 version and ArcObjects. I haven't used Python at all.

Re: How do I programmatically get the position and size of ArcMap's data view?

DanPatterson_Retired — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 16:58:32 GMT

https://community.esri.com/community/developers/gis-developers/arcobjects-sdk?sr=search&searchId=69fcc597-3a8f-43cd-ae6d-64d6ea6c2b24&searchIndex=0‌ might be a good place to move your thread too... generic gis is probably going to of little help for you especially given the legacy/older version of arcmap

Re: How do I programmatically get the position and size of ArcMap's data view?

GenaroGarcia — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:38:37 GMT

Thanks Dan, I will take that under consideration on future postings.

Re: How do I programmatically get the position and size of ArcMap's data view?

GenaroGarcia — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:46:48 GMT

OK... I found some code that got me access to the Standard toolbar within ArcMap. Just a little modifications to obtain the starting location of the toolbar which I can use anchor my form until it's closed.

' --- Get coordinates of the upper left corner of the Standard Bar (location)

' This will be used to position the Move Post form

Dim documentBars As ICommandBars = gApplication.Document.CommandBars 'app is a reference to IApplication

Dim barID As UID = New UIDClass

barID.Value = "{5DEB1DB8-C2A9-11D1-B9A2-080009EE4E51}"

Dim bar As ICommandItem = documentBars.Find(barID)

Dim windowPos As IWindowPosition = CType(bar, IWindowPosition)

'If windowPos.State = esriWindowState.esriWSFloating Then

' MsgBox("Standard toolbar is floating.")

'Else

' MsgBox("Standard toolbar is docked.")

'End If

' --- Call create Move Post form

gfrmMovePost = New MovePost

' --- Change the location of the form

gfrmMovePost.Top = windowPos.Top

gfrmMovePost.Left = windowPos.Left

' --- Call form and display it

gfrmMovePost.Show()