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GetLayerById Method (ILayerMgr)

Gets the layer using the specified layer ID in this drawing document.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function GetLayerById( _
   ByVal LayerId As Short _
) As Object
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As ILayerMgr
Dim LayerId As Short
Dim value As Object
 
value = instance.GetLayerById(LayerId)
C# 
object GetLayerById( 
   short LayerId
)
C++/CLI 
Object^ GetLayerById( 
&   short LayerId
)

Parameters

LayerId

Layer ID

Return Value

Layer

Remarks

You can get the layer ID from several places. IView::GetUserPoints2 and IView::GetLines4 (and similar functions) return the LayerId as part of the array of return information. IAnnotation::GetVisualProperties also returns the LayerId as part of the array of return information.

 

See Also

Availability

SolidWorks 99 SP7, datecode 2000004


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