topic Reading Annotations in File Geodatabase API Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/reading-annotations/m-p/206536#M381 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I was investigating reading of Annotation Classes using the File Geodatabase API, and what I've discovered is this:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>1. We can read many of the annotation properties as fields on the Annotation Feature Class.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>2. We can read the annotation geometry (the text bounds and the leader line unioned together).</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>3. We cannot read the text position. It is difficult to place the text using only the geometry from (2).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is it possible to get the text position (as a point) using the File Geodatabase API (possibly via the ELEMENT blob)?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Chris Scrimgeour</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 May 2011 17:29:51 GMT ChrisScrimgeour 2011-05-17T17:29:51Z Reading Annotations https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/reading-annotations/m-p/206536#M381 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I was investigating reading of Annotation Classes using the File Geodatabase API, and what I've discovered is this:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>1. We can read many of the annotation properties as fields on the Annotation Feature Class.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>2. We can read the annotation geometry (the text bounds and the leader line unioned together).</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>3. We cannot read the text position. It is difficult to place the text using only the geometry from (2).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is it possible to get the text position (as a point) using the File Geodatabase API (possibly via the ELEMENT blob)?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Chris Scrimgeour</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 May 2011 17:29:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/reading-annotations/m-p/206536#M381 ChrisScrimgeour 2011-05-17T17:29:51Z Re: Reading Annotations https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/reading-annotations/m-p/206537#M382 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Annotation is not supported by the File Geodatabase API. The API only supports feature classes (point, multipoint, line, polygon and multipatch) and tables.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 May 2011 13:57:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/reading-annotations/m-p/206537#M382 LanceShipman 2011-05-19T13:57:58Z