XYToLocation method

Returns the Location object for the specified screen coordinates.

Applies to

Objects: Map

Syntax

object.XYToLocation(X, Y)

Parameters

Part	Description
object	Required. An expression that returns a Map object.
X	Required Long. The X coordinate of the desired location on the screen, in pixels.
Y	Required Long. The Y coordinate of the desired location on the screen, in pixels.

Example

[Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0]

Sub ShowDistanceNYToLA()
Dim objApp As New MapPoint.Application
Dim objMap As MapPoint.Map
Dim objLocNY As MapPoint.Location
Dim objLocLA As MapPoint.Location
Dim objCenter As MapPoint.Location
Dim objTextbox As MapPoint.Shape

'Set up application and create Location objects
Let objApp.Visible = True
Let objApp.UserControl = True
Set objMap = objApp.ActiveMap
Set objLocNY = objMap.FindResults("New York, NY").Item(1)
Set objLocLA = objMap.FindResults("Los Angeles, CA").Item(1)

'Find the point on the screen midway between the two
X1% = objMap.LocationToX(objLocNY)
Y1% = objMap.LocationToY(objLocNY)
X2% = objMap.LocationToX(objLocLA)
Y2% = objMap.LocationToY(objLocLA)
x% = (X1% + X2%) / 2
y% = (Y1% + Y2%) / 2
Set objCenter = objMap.XYToLocation(x%, y%)

'Show the distance
objMap.Shapes.AddLine objLocNY, objLocLA
Set objTextbox = objMap.Shapes.AddTextbox(objCenter, 200, 50)
Distance# = objMap.Distance(objLocNY, objLocLA)
Let objTextbox.Text = "Distance, New York to Los Angeles: " & Distance#
End Sub

[C#]

void ShowDistanceNYtoLA()
{
ApplicationClass objApp = null;
MapPoint.Map objMap;
MapPoint.Shape objTextBox;
String Place1 = "New York, NY";
String Place2 = "Los Angeles,CA";
double Distance;

//Create an application class instance
objApp = new ApplicationClass();

//Set up application
objApp.Visible = true;
objApp.UserControl = true;
objMap = objApp.ActiveMap;
object Item = 1;

MapPoint.FindResults obNY = objMap.FindResults(Place1);
MapPoint.FindResults obLA= objMap.FindResults(Place2);
MapPoint.Location objNY = obNY.get_Item(ref Item) as MapPoint.Location;
MapPoint.Location objLA = obLA.get_Item(ref Item) as MapPoint.Location;
objNY.GoTo();
objLA.GoTo();

MapPoint.SelectedArea sa = objMap.SelectedArea;
MapPoint.Location objCenter = objMap.XYToLocation(sa.Left + sa.Width, sa.Top + sa.Height);

objMap.Shapes.AddShape(MapPoint.GeoAutoShapeType.geoShapeOval, objLA, 50, 30);
objMap.Shapes.AddLine(objNY.Location, objLA.Location);
Distance = objMap.Distance(objNY, objLA);

objTextBox = objMap.Shapes.AddTextbox(objCenter, 100, 50);
objTextBox.Text = ("Distance, NY to LA: " + Distance);
objMap.Altitude = 350;
}

Note   This sample code is specifically for use in MapPoint North America; it is for illustration purposes only.