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The CreateLabel method creates a label in the 3D Window. The method offers an optimization point in the LabelInfo parameter. The parameter allows the client to set all of the label’s style properties at the label creation time. When creating a large numbers of labels at once, the use of ILabelStyle6 avoids unnecessary round-trips between the client and TerraExplorer and therefore gains in performance.
Note: If no text is being added to the label, it is preferable to use the CreateImageLabel method rather than the generic CreateLabel method.
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CreateLabel( Position, Text, ImageFileName, LabelStyle , GroupID , Description ) |
C# |
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ITerrainLabel6 CreateLabel( IPosition6 Position, string Text, string ImageFileName, ILabelStyle6 LabelStyle = 0, int GroupID = 0, string Description = "") |
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HRESULT CreateLabel( IPosition6* Position, BSTR Text, BSTR ImageFileName, ILabelStyle6 LabelStyle, LONG_PTR GroupID, BSTR Description, ITerrainLabel6** pITerrainLabel6) |
Parameters
Position
An IPosition6 representing the position and orientation of the object on the terrain.
Text
The label text.
ImageFileName
A full pathname or a URL to the image file that appears in the label. Passing null in this parameter creates a text label only.
LabelStyle
An ILabelStyle6 representing the label style (e.g. color, font and viewing distance properties).
GroupID
The Project Tree group in which the label is created. If it is set to zero, the object is created under the root. You can obtain the GroupID by one of the following methods:
§ Create the group using IProjectTree6.CreateGroup.
§ Find the group, if you know the name, using IProjectTree6.FindItem.
§ Traverse the Tree using IProjectTree6 methods such as GetNextItem(), until you come to the desired GroupID.
Description
The name of the label as it appears in the Project Tree. If an empty string is passed into this parameter, TerraExplorer assigns it a unique name.
Return Value
pITerrainLabel6
An ITerrainLabel6, representing the newly created label. This parameter must not be Null.
Exceptions
See: HRESULT Return Values for a list of possible values returned by the HRESULT.
Remarks
After this method call returns, the label is not yet visible on the terrain. The client must first set either ITerrainLabel6.Text or ITerrainLabel6.ImageFileName(or both) properties.