LinePattern.cs

This example demonstrates how to create custom line patterns. Here is a screenshot with the results of the code.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using AxMapWinGIS;
using MapWinGIS;

public partial class MapExamples
{
    // <summary>
    // Creates and displayes custom line patterns
    // </summary>
    public void LinePattern(AxMap axMap1, string iconPath)
    {
        Shapefile sf = this.CreateLines();
        axMap1.AddLayer(sf, true);

        Utils utils = new Utils();

        // railroad pattern
        LinePattern pattern = new LinePattern();
        pattern.AddLine(utils.ColorByName(tkMapColor.Black), 6.0f, tkDashStyle.dsSolid);
        pattern.AddLine(utils.ColorByName(tkMapColor.White), 5.0f, tkDashStyle.dsDot);

        ShapefileCategory ct = sf.Categories.Add("Railroad");
        ct.DrawingOptions.LinePattern = pattern;
        ct.DrawingOptions.UseLinePattern = true;
        sf.set_ShapeCategory(0, 0);

        // river pattern
        pattern = new LinePattern();
        pattern.AddLine(utils.ColorByName(tkMapColor.DarkBlue), 6.0f, tkDashStyle.dsSolid);
        pattern.AddLine(utils.ColorByName(tkMapColor.LightBlue), 4.0f, tkDashStyle.dsSolid);

        ct = sf.Categories.Add("River");
        ct.DrawingOptions.LinePattern = pattern;
        ct.DrawingOptions.UseLinePattern = true;
        sf.set_ShapeCategory(1, 1);

        // road with direction
        pattern = new LinePattern();
        pattern.AddLine(utils.ColorByName(tkMapColor.Gray), 8.0f, tkDashStyle.dsSolid);
        pattern.AddLine(utils.ColorByName(tkMapColor.Yellow), 7.0f, tkDashStyle.dsSolid);
        LineSegment segm = pattern.AddMarker(tkDefaultPointSymbol.dpsArrowRight);
        segm.Color = utils.ColorByName(tkMapColor.Orange);
        segm.MarkerSize = 10;
        segm.MarkerInterval = 32;

        ct = sf.Categories.Add("Direction");
        ct.DrawingOptions.LinePattern = pattern;
        ct.DrawingOptions.UseLinePattern = true;
        sf.set_ShapeCategory(2, 2);
    }

    // <summary>
    // This function creates a number of parallel polylines (segments)
    // </summary>
    private Shapefile CreateLines()
    {
        Shapefile sf = new Shapefile();
        sf.CreateNew("", ShpfileType.SHP_POLYLINE);

        int width = 500;
        int step = 50;

        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
        {
            Shape shp = new Shape();
            shp.Create(ShpfileType.SHP_POLYLINE);

            Point pnt = new Point();
            pnt.x = 0;
            pnt.y = i * step;
            int index = shp.numPoints;
            shp.InsertPoint(pnt, ref index);

            pnt = new Point();
            pnt.x = width;
            pnt.y = i * step;
            index = shp.numPoints;
            shp.InsertPoint(pnt, ref index);

            index = sf.NumShapes;
            sf.EditInsertShape(shp, ref index);
        }
        return sf;
    }
}