ArcObjects Library Reference  (System)    

IPropertySet.GetProperty Method

The value of the specified property.

[Visual Basic 6.0]
Function GetProperty(
    ByVal Name As String _
) As Variant
[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Function GetProperty ( _
    ByVal Name As String _
) As Object
[C#]
public object GetProperty (
    string Name
);
[Java]
public Object getProperty (
    String Name
)
throws
    IOException,
    AutomationException
[C++]
HRESULT GetProperty(
  BSTR Name,
  VARIANT* Value
);
[C++]

Parameters

Name [in]

  Name is a parameter of type BSTR

Value [out, retval]

  Value is a parameter of type VARIANT

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Remarks

The Name parameter uses XSL Patterns to specify metadata elements.  Additional information on XSL can be found in the the IXmlPropertySet documentation.


[Visual Basic 6.0]
'The following code returns the Distribution Contact Names
    Dim pPS As PropertySet
    Dim vValues as Variant
    Dim v as Variant
    Dim s As String

    'Returns the Distribution Contact Names
    vValues = pPS.getProperty("distinfo/distrib/cntinfo/cntperp/cntper")
    s = "Distribution Contact Names: " & vbNewLine
    For Each v In vValues
        s = s & "    " & v & vbNewLine
    Next
    MsgBox s

See Also

IPropertySet Interface

Example

GetProperty Example

 


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