Measurements.CreateRuler(RulerType, IList<CoordPoint>) Method

Creates a ruler of the specified type to measure distance or area between coordinate points passed as the second parameter.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraMap

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraMap.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public MapRuler CreateRuler(
    RulerType rulerType,
    IList<CoordPoint> points
)

VB.NET

Public Function CreateRuler(
    rulerType As RulerType,
    points As IList(Of CoordPoint)
) As MapRuler

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
rulerType	RulerType	The type of the created ruler.
points	IList<CoordPoint>	Coordinate points between which the ruler measures the distance or area.

Returns

Type	Description
MapRuler	The created ruler.

Remarks

The following code adds a distance ruler to the map:

C#

MapRuler ruler = mapControl1.Measurements.CreateRuler( RulerType.Distance, 
                                                        new List<CoordPoint>() { 
                                                            new GeoPoint(48.864716, 2.349014),
                                                            new GeoPoint(45.46427, 9.18951),
                                                            new GeoPoint(48.20849, 16.37208) });

VB.NET

Dim ruler As MapRuler = mapControl1.Measurements.CreateRuler(RulerType.Distance, 
                                                              New List(Of CoordPoint)() From { 
                                                                  New GeoPoint(48.864716, 2.349014),
                                                                  New GeoPoint(45.46427, 9.18951),
                                                                  New GeoPoint(48.20849, 16.37208)})