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IElement.Activate Method

Prepare to display graphic on screen.

[Visual Basic 6.0]
Sub Activate(
    ByVal Display As IDisplay _
) As Empty
[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Sub Activate (
    ByVal Display As IDisplay _
)
[C#]
public void Activate (
    IDisplay Display
);
[C++]
public: void Activate (
    IDisplay Display
);

Remarks

Activate prepares the screen display for output and orients the scale of the element to the specified display.  Activate should be executed with the current display before execute the IElement::Draw method.