Units property

Returns or sets the unit of measurement used to measure distance; similar to clicking Options on the Tools menu. Default value is geoMiles in MapPoint North America and geoKm in MapPoint Europe. Read/write GeoUnits.

Note for the MapPoint Control:  When called from the MapPoint Control, the Units property applies only to the unit of measurement for the Control, not MapPoint.

GeoUnits	Value	Description
geoKm	1	Distances are measured in kilometers
geoMiles	0	Distances are measured in miles

Applies to

Objects:  Application, MappointControl

Syntax

object.Units

Parameters

Part	Description
object	Required. An expression that returns an Application or MappointControl object.

Remarks

The Units property affects all methods and properties in the MapPoint object model that use distance, unless otherwise specified.

Example

    Sub ToggleUnits()
  Dim objApp As MapPoint.Application

  'Create the Application object
  Set objApp = New MapPoint.Application

  'Toggle the units
  If objApp.Units = geoMiles Then
    objApp.Units = geoKm
  Else
    objApp.Units = geoMiles
  End If


  End Sub