InformationDataProviderBase.GenerateLayerItems Property

Gets or sets a value indicating whether or not it is necessary to automatically generate items for this layer.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Map

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Map.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public bool GenerateLayerItems { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property GenerateLayerItems As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean	true to generate layer items; otherwise, false.

Example

This example demonstrates how to provide the capability for end-users to click on a map and get detailed information about this location, thanks to the Bing Geocode service.

Note

If you run the application, and see a window with the following error message: ”The specified Bing Maps key is invalid. To create a developer account, refer to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/maps/create-a-bing-maps-key”, refer to the following tutorial: How to: Get a Bing Maps Key.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-connect-a-map-control-to-a-bing-geocode-web-service-e4149.

MainWindow.xaml

<dxm:InformationLayer.DataProvider>
    <dxm:BingGeocodeDataProvider BingKey="{Binding Source={StaticResource BingKey}}" 
                                 MaxVisibleResultCount="1"/>
</dxm:InformationLayer.DataProvider>

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-implement-a-route-calculator-t190068/CS/MapControl_RouteCalculator/MainWindow.xaml#L26

<dxm:BingSearchDataProvider BingKey="{Binding Source={StaticResource bingKey}}"
                            GenerateLayerItems="False"
                            SearchCompleted="SearchCompleted"/>

how-to-manually-generate-map-items-for-the-bing-search-received-location-information-t189452/CS/MapControl_ManualSearch/MainWindow.xaml#L26

<dxm:BingSearchDataProvider BingKey="{Binding Source={StaticResource bingKey}}"
                            GenerateLayerItems="False"
                            SearchCompleted="BingSearchDataProvider_SearchCompleted"/>

how-to-perform-the-search-operation-for-multiple-locations-t558593/CS/MapSearch/MainWindow.xaml#L17

<dxm:InformationLayer>
    <dxm:BingSearchDataProvider x:Name="searchProvider" BingKey="INSERT BING KEY" GenerateLayerItems="False" SearchCompleted="searchProvider_SearchCompleted"/>
</dxm:InformationLayer>