HorizontalAlignment Enumeration
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;
}
Modify Annotation Text Graphic
await QueuedTask.Run(() =>
{
var selection = annoLayer.GetSelection();
if (selection.GetCount() == 0)
return;
// use the first selelcted feature
//at 2.x - var insp = new Inspector(true);
var insp = new Inspector();
insp.Load(annoLayer, selection.GetObjectIDs().FirstOrDefault());
// getAnnoProperties should return null if not an annotation feature
AnnotationProperties annoProperties = insp.GetAnnotationProperties();
// get the textGraphic
CIMTextGraphic textGraphic = annoProperties.TextGraphic;
// change text
textGraphic.Text = "Hello world";
// set x,y offset via the symbol
var symbol = textGraphic.Symbol.Symbol;
var textSymbol = symbol as CIMTextSymbol;
textSymbol.OffsetX = 2;
textSymbol.OffsetY = 3;
textSymbol.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center;
// load the updated textGraphic
annoProperties.LoadFromTextGraphic(textGraphic);
// assign the annotation properties back
insp.SetAnnotationProperties(annoProperties);
EditOperation op = new EditOperation();
op.Name = "modify symbol";
op.Modify(insp);
if (!op.IsEmpty)
{
bool result = op.Execute(); //Execute and ExecuteAsync will return true if the operation was successful and false if not
}
});
Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10
ArcGIS Pro version: 3 or higher.