Dynamic display layer
AddMyDynamicLayerCmd.vb
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Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.BaseClasses
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.CATIDs
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Controls
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry

  ''' <summary>
  ''' Summary description for AddMyDynamicLayerCmd.
  ''' </summary>
  <Guid("0ddfd2b0-45ba-416a-93c8-c7db41de30e4"), ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None), ComVisible(True), ProgId("AddMyDynamicLayerCmd")> _
  Public NotInheritable Class AddMyDynamicLayerCmd : Inherits BaseCommand
  #Region "COM Registration Function(s)"
  <ComRegisterFunction(), ComVisible(False)> _
  Private Shared Sub RegisterFunction(ByVal registerType As Type)
    ' Required for ArcGIS Component Category Registrar support
    ArcGISCategoryRegistration(registerType)

    '
    ' TODO: Add any COM registration code here
    '
  End Sub

  <ComUnregisterFunction(), ComVisible(False)> _
  Private Shared Sub UnregisterFunction(ByVal registerType As Type)
    ' Required for ArcGIS Component Category Registrar support
    ArcGISCategoryUnregistration(registerType)

    '
    ' TODO: Add any COM unregistration code here
    '
  End Sub

  #Region "ArcGIS Component Category Registrar generated code"
  ''' <summary>
  ''' Required method for ArcGIS Component Category registration -
  ''' Do not modify the contents of this method with the code editor.
  ''' </summary>
  Private Shared Sub ArcGISCategoryRegistration(ByVal registerType As Type)
    Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID)
    ControlsCommands.Register(regKey)

  End Sub
  ''' <summary>
  ''' Required method for ArcGIS Component Category unregistration -
  ''' Do not modify the contents of this method with the code editor.
  ''' </summary>
  Private Shared Sub ArcGISCategoryUnregistration(ByVal registerType As Type)
    Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID)
    ControlsCommands.Unregister(regKey)

  End Sub

  #End Region
  #End Region

  Private m_hookHelper As IHookHelper = Nothing
  Private m_dynamicLayer As MyDynamicLayerClass = Nothing
  Private m_bIsConnected As Boolean = False
  Private m_bOnce As Boolean = True

  Public Sub New()
    MyBase.m_category = ".NET Samples"
    MyBase.m_caption = "Add Dynamic Layer"
    MyBase.m_message = "Add Dynamic Layer"
    MyBase.m_toolTip = "Add Dynamic Layer"
    MyBase.m_name = "AddMyDynamicLayerCmd"

    Try
      Dim bitmapResourceName As String = Me.GetType().Name & ".bmp"
      MyBase.m_bitmap = New Bitmap(Me.GetType(), bitmapResourceName)
    Catch ex As Exception
      System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine(ex.Message, "Invalid Bitmap")
    End Try
  End Sub

  #Region "Overriden Class Methods"

  ''' <summary>
  ''' Occurs when this command is created
  ''' </summary>
  ''' <param name="hook">Instance of the application</param>
  Public Overrides Sub OnCreate(ByVal hook As Object)
    If hook Is Nothing Then
      Return
    End If

    If m_hookHelper Is Nothing Then
      m_hookHelper = New HookHelperClass()
    End If

    m_hookHelper.Hook = hook
  End Sub

  ''' <summary>
  ''' Occurs when this command is clicked
  ''' </summary>
  Public Overrides Sub OnClick()
    'make sure to switch into dynamic mode
    Dim dynamicMap As IDynamicMap = TryCast(m_hookHelper.FocusMap, IDynamicMap)
    'make sure that the current Map supports the DynamicDisplay
    If Nothing Is dynamicMap Then
      Return
    End If

    If (Not m_bIsConnected) Then
      'make sure to switch into dynamic mode
      If (Not dynamicMap.DynamicMapEnabled) Then
        dynamicMap.DynamicMapEnabled = True
      End If

      'do some initializations...
      If m_bOnce Then
        'initialize the dynamic layer
        m_dynamicLayer = New MyDynamicLayerClass()
        m_dynamicLayer.Name = "Dynamic Layer"

        m_bOnce = False
      End If

      'make sure that the layer did not get added to the map        
      Dim bLayerHasBeenAdded As Boolean = False
      If m_hookHelper.FocusMap.LayerCount > 0 Then
        Dim layers As IEnumLayer = m_hookHelper.FocusMap.Layers(Nothing, False)
        layers.Reset()
        Dim layer As ILayer = layers.Next()
        Do While Not layer Is Nothing
          If TypeOf layer Is MyDynamicLayerClass Then
            bLayerHasBeenAdded = True
            Exit Do
          End If
          layer = layers.Next()
        Loop
      End If

      If (Not bLayerHasBeenAdded) Then
        'add the dynamic layer to the map
        m_hookHelper.FocusMap.AddLayer(m_dynamicLayer)
      End If
      'connect to the synthetic data source
      m_dynamicLayer.Connect()
    Else
      'disconnect to the synthetic data source
      m_dynamicLayer.Disconnect()

      'delete the layer from the map
      m_hookHelper.FocusMap.DeleteLayer(m_dynamicLayer)

      'disable the dynamic display
      If dynamicMap.DynamicMapEnabled Then
        dynamicMap.DynamicMapEnabled = False
      End If
    End If

    'set the connected flag
    m_bIsConnected = Not m_bIsConnected
  End Sub

  ''' <summary>
  ''' set the state of the button of the command
  ''' </summary>
  Public Overrides ReadOnly Property Checked() As Boolean
    Get
      Return m_bIsConnected
    End Get
  End Property

  #End Region

  End Class