topic Re: Updating Envelope in IMapDocument Context in ArcObjects SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/updating-envelope-in-imapdocument-context/m-p/366655#M9653 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Fortunately found the answer on another forum thread - thanks Neil Clemmens and Simon Earnshaw.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Essentially you have to activate the Activeview - so ESRI. </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>A bit like setting the defaults on a Coordinate System - if they are defaults why the ?!?! do you have to set them?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have to say the ArcObjects API is the worst API I have ever worked with. More complicated than it needs to be; mind numbingly obtuse with it's all the direct casts and often a single line of code will set off all kinds of random consequences. I spend my days writing a couple of lines of code and then testing to see if what I think the API might be doing is actually what the API is doing.... repeat ad infinitum.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Cheers All,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Adam</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Hi,<BR /><BR />I am trying to change the Real-World Location of a MapFrame whilst in an IMapDocument.Open context.<BR /><BR />The normal code of using the ActiveView's Envelope doesn't seem to work in this case as I guess the document isn't actually open in the ArcGIS window. MapFrame.MapBounds doesn't seem to work either.<BR /><BR />Still it seems perfectly sensible that if copy layers over and do all kinds of other great stuff in the IMapDocument context that a simple change in Envelope should be simple!<BR />Having said that; the idea that a MapFrame/Map doesn't have centre and rotation properties anyway is pretty laughable....<BR /><BR />Does anyone know how this might be done?<BR /><BR />Thanks,<BR /><BR />Adam</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:14:29 GMT AdamDavis 2011-06-02T14:14:29Z Updating Envelope in IMapDocument Context https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/updating-envelope-in-imapdocument-context/m-p/366654#M9652 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am trying to change the Real-World Location of a MapFrame whilst in an IMapDocument.Open context.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The normal code of using the ActiveView's Envelope doesn't seem to work in this case as I guess the document isn't actually open in the ArcGIS window. MapFrame.MapBounds doesn't seem to work either.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Still it seems perfectly sensible that if copy layers over and do all kinds of other great stuff in the IMapDocument context that a simple change in Envelope should be simple!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Having said that; the idea that a MapFrame/Map doesn't have centre and rotation properties anyway is pretty laughable....</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Does anyone know how this might be done?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Adam</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:02:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/updating-envelope-in-imapdocument-context/m-p/366654#M9652 AdamDavis 2011-06-02T13:02:25Z Re: Updating Envelope in IMapDocument Context https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/updating-envelope-in-imapdocument-context/m-p/366655#M9653 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Fortunately found the answer on another forum thread - thanks Neil Clemmens and Simon Earnshaw.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Essentially you have to activate the Activeview - so ESRI. </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>A bit like setting the defaults on a Coordinate System - if they are defaults why the ?!?! do you have to set them?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have to say the ArcObjects API is the worst API I have ever worked with. More complicated than it needs to be; mind numbingly obtuse with it's all the direct casts and often a single line of code will set off all kinds of random consequences. I spend my days writing a couple of lines of code and then testing to see if what I think the API might be doing is actually what the API is doing.... repeat ad infinitum.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Cheers All,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Adam</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Hi,<BR /><BR />I am trying to change the Real-World Location of a MapFrame whilst in an IMapDocument.Open context.<BR /><BR />The normal code of using the ActiveView's Envelope doesn't seem to work in this case as I guess the document isn't actually open in the ArcGIS window. MapFrame.MapBounds doesn't seem to work either.<BR /><BR />Still it seems perfectly sensible that if copy layers over and do all kinds of other great stuff in the IMapDocument context that a simple change in Envelope should be simple!<BR />Having said that; the idea that a MapFrame/Map doesn't have centre and rotation properties anyway is pretty laughable....<BR /><BR />Does anyone know how this might be done?<BR /><BR />Thanks,<BR /><BR />Adam</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:14:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/updating-envelope-in-imapdocument-context/m-p/366655#M9653 AdamDavis 2011-06-02T14:14:29Z