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ShowDataBy property

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Returns the geographic entity (GeoShowDataBy value) by which a data set is mapped. If geoShowByZoomLevel is used to map data, returns the geographic entity by which the data is mapped at the current view. Read-only GeoShowDataBy.

Applies to

Objects:  DataMap

Syntax

object.ShowDataBy

Parameters

Part Description
object Required. An expression that returns a DataMap object.

Example

    Sub GetInfoAboutDataMap()
    Dim objApp As New mappoint.Application
    Dim objDataMap As mappoint.DataMap
    Dim objDataSet As mappoint.DataSet


    'Set up application and objects to use
    objApp.Visible = True
    objApp.UserControl = True


    'Let user create a data map
    Set objDataMap = objApp.ActiveMap.DataSets.ShowDataMappingWizard()


    'Get information about the data map
    Select Case objDataMap.ShowDataBy
      Case geoShowByCensus1
        MsgBox "Data shown by Census 1 areas."
      Case geoShowByCensus2
        MsgBox "Data shown by Census 2 areas."
      Case geoShowByCity
        MsgBox "Data shown by City."
      Case geoShowByCountry
        MsgBox "Data shown by Country."
      Case geoShowByLatLong
        MsgBox "Data shown by Latitude/Longitude coordinates."
      Case geoShowByOSGridRef
        MsgBox "Data shown by Ordnance Survey grid."
      Case geoShowByPostal1
        MsgBox "Data shown by Postal 1 areas."
      Case geoShowByPostal2
        MsgBox "Data shown by Postal 2 areas."
      Case geoShowByPostal3
        MsgBox "Data shown by Postal 3 areas."
      Case geoShowByPostal4
        MsgBox "Data shown by Postal 4 areas."
      Case geoShowByRegion1
        MsgBox "Data shown by Region 1 areas."
      Case geoShowByRegion2
        MsgBox "Data shown by Region 2 areas."
      Case geoShowByRegion3
        MsgBox "Data shown by Region 3 areas."
      Case geoShowByStreetAddress
        MsgBox "Data shown by Street Address."
      Case geoShowByTerritory
        MsgBox "Data shown by Territory."
    End Select
  End Sub