ArcGIS Pro 3.3 API Reference Guide
ArcGIS.Desktop.Editing Namespace / AnnotationProperties Class
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    AnnotationProperties Class
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    Provides access to the attributes of annotation features.
    Object Model
    AnnotationProperties ClassCIMColor ClassLayer ClassGeometry ClassCIMTextGraphic Class
    Syntax
    public sealed class AnnotationProperties 
    Public NotInheritable Class AnnotationProperties 
    Example
    Create Annotation Template
    // get an anno layer
    AnnotationLayer annoLayer = MapView.Active.Map.GetLayersAsFlattenedList().OfType<AnnotationLayer>().FirstOrDefault();
    if (annoLayer == null)
      return;
    
    QueuedTask.Run(() =>
    {
      Inspector insp = null;
      // get the anno feature class
      var fc = annoLayer.GetFeatureClass() as ArcGIS.Core.Data.Mapping.AnnotationFeatureClass;
    
      // get the featureclass CIM definition which contains the labels, symbols
      var cimDefinition = fc.GetDefinition() as ArcGIS.Core.Data.Mapping.AnnotationFeatureClassDefinition;
      var labels = cimDefinition.GetLabelClassCollection();
      var symbols = cimDefinition.GetSymbolCollection();
    
      // make sure there are labels, symbols
      if ((labels.Count == 0) || (symbols.Count == 0))
        return;
    
      // find the label class required
      //   typically you would use a subtype name or some other characteristic
      // in this case lets just use the first one
    
      var label = labels[0];
    
      // each label has a textSymbol
      // the symbolName *should* be the symbolID to be used
      var symbolName = label.TextSymbol.SymbolName;
      int symbolID = -1;
      if (!int.TryParse(symbolName, out symbolID))
      {
        // int.TryParse fails - attempt to find the symbolName in the symbol collection
        foreach (var symbol in symbols)
        {
          if (symbol.Name == symbolName)
          {
            symbolID = symbol.ID;
            break;
          }
        }
      }
      // no symbol?
      if (symbolID == -1)
        return;
    
      // load the schema
      insp = new Inspector();
      insp.LoadSchema(annoLayer);
    
      // ok to assign these fields using the inspector[fieldName] methodology
      //   these fields are guaranteed to exist in the annotation schema
      insp["AnnotationClassID"] = label.ID;
      insp["SymbolID"] = symbolID;
    
      // set up some additional annotation properties
      AnnotationProperties annoProperties = insp.GetAnnotationProperties();
      annoProperties.FontSize = 36;
      annoProperties.TextString = "My Annotation feature";
      annoProperties.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top;
      annoProperties.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Justify;
    
      insp.SetAnnotationProperties(annoProperties);
    
      var tags = new[] { "Annotation", "tag1", "tag2" };
    
      // use daml-id rather than guid
      string defaultTool = "esri_editing_SketchStraightAnnoTool";
    
      // tool filter is the tools to filter OUT
      var toolFilter = new[] { "esri_editing_SketchCurvedAnnoTool" };
    
      // create a new template 
      var newTemplate = annoLayer.CreateTemplate("new anno template", "description", insp, defaultTool, tags, toolFilter);
    });
    
    Annotation Construction Tool
    //In your config.daml...set the categoryRefID
    //<tool id="..." categoryRefID="esri_editing_construction_annotation" caption="Create Anno" ...>
    
    //Sketch type Point or Line or BezierLine in the constructor...
    //internal class AnnoConstructionTool : MapTool  {
    //  public AnnoConstructionTool()  {
    //    IsSketchTool = true;
    //    UseSnapping = true;
    //    SketchType = SketchGeometryType.Point;
    //
    
    protected async override Task<bool> OnSketchCompleteAsync(Geometry geometry)
    {
      if (CurrentTemplate == null || geometry == null)
        return false;
    
      // Create an edit operation
      var createOperation = new EditOperation();
      createOperation.Name = string.Format("Create {0}", CurrentTemplate.Layer.Name);
      createOperation.SelectNewFeatures = true;
    
      var insp = CurrentTemplate.Inspector;
      var result = await QueuedTask.Run(() =>
      {
        // get the annotation properties class
        AnnotationProperties annoProperties = insp.GetAnnotationProperties();
        // set custom annotation properties
        annoProperties.TextString = "my custom text";
        annoProperties.Color = ColorFactory.Instance.RedRGB;
        annoProperties.FontSize = 24;
        annoProperties.FontName = "Arial";
        annoProperties.HorizontalAlignment = ArcGIS.Core.CIM.HorizontalAlignment.Right;
        annoProperties.Shape = geometry;
        // assign annotation properties back to the inspector
        insp.SetAnnotationProperties(annoProperties);
    
        // Queue feature creation
        createOperation.Create(CurrentTemplate.Layer, insp);
    
        if (!createOperation.IsEmpty)
        {
          // Execute the operation
          return createOperation.Execute(); //Execute and ExecuteAsync will return true if the operation was successful and false if not
        }
        else
          return false;
      });
      return result;
    }
    
    Inheritance Hierarchy

    System.Object
       ArcGIS.Desktop.Editing.AnnotationProperties

    Requirements

    Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10

    ArcGIS Pro version: 3 or higher.
    See Also