Direction.FormattedInstruction Property

Direction.FormattedInstruction Property

The text of the specified direction with HTML formatting. String.

Public Dim FormattedInstruction As String
    Member of [Namespace].Direction

[C#]

public System.String FormattedInstruction
    Member of [Namespace].Direction

Remarks

• The following line is a FormattedInstruction property:

  Turn RIGHT (East) onto W 6th Ave

• The only way the FormattedInstruction property differs from the Instruction property is that it includes HTML formatting (bold tags) for emphasis.

Example

[Visual Basic]

'Calculate a route and create a table on 
'a Web page using the formatted instruction
Dim latLongs(1) As LatLong
latLongs(0) = New LatLong()
latLongs(0).Latitude = 40
latLongs(0).Longitude = -120
latLongs(1) = New LatLong()
latLongs(1).Latitude = 41
latLongs(1).Longitude = -121

Dim myRoute As Route
myRoute = routeService.CalculateSimpleRoute(latLongs, "MapPoint.NA", SegmentPreference.Quickest)

Dim Table1 As New System.Web.UI.WebControls.Table()
        
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To myRoute.Itinerary.Segments(0).Directions.Length - 1
 Dim r As New System.Web.UI.WebControls.TableRow()
 Dim c As New System.Web.UI.WebControls.TableCell()
 c.Text = myRoute.Itinerary.Segments(0).Directions(i).FormattedInstruction
 r.Cells.Add(c)
 Table1.Rows.Add(r)
Next i



[C#]

//Calculate a route and create a table on 
//a Web page using the formatted instruction
LatLong[] latLongs = new LatLong[2];
latLongs[0] = new LatLong();
latLongs[0].Latitude = 40;
latLongs[0].Longitude = -120;
latLongs[1] = new LatLong();
latLongs[1].Latitude = 41;
latLongs[1].Longitude = -121;

Route myRoute;
myRoute = routeService.CalculateSimpleRoute(latLongs, "MapPoint.NA", SegmentPreference.Quickest);

System.Web.UI.WebControls.Table Table1  = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.Table();

for(int i = 0; i < myRoute.Itinerary.Segments[0].Directions.Length ; i++)
{
 System.Web.UI.WebControls.TableRow r  = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.TableRow();
 System.Web.UI.WebControls.TableCell c  = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.TableCell();
 c.Text = myRoute.Itinerary.Segments[0].Directions[i].FormattedInstruction;
 r.Cells.Add(c);
 Table1.Rows.Add(r);
}

See Also

  Direction Class   |   Direction.Instruction Property