Search TipsViewing Methods
The following methods offer control of the view in a Map Window or 3D Window 
| ClearBackgroundCache |
Clears the specified extent of the background cache. |
| ClearBackgroundSwd |
Clears the current background SWD. |
| CreateDrapeBitmap |
Creates a named Bitmap item from the current view, which is suitable for draping in 3D. |
| DefineNolView |
Defines a named view from the view in the current window. |
| DrapeBitmap |
Drapes a bitmap. |
| Get3DEye |
Gets the position of the Eye in a 3D window. |
| Get3DLook |
Gets the position looked towards in a 3D window. |
| GetDatasetExtent |
Gets the extents of all of the items in a dataset. |
| GetDisplayExtent |
Gets the padded visible extents of the current window. |
| GetDrawExtent |
Returns the 'draw' extents of the current open item, e.g. including the extents of a symbol on a Point item. |
| GetPrjScaleAtCentre |
Gets the scale at the centre of a named coordinate reference system. |
| GetShapeExtent |
Gets the extents of a named symbol. |
| GetViewAngle |
Gets the current view angle. |
| GetViewExtent |
Gets the visible extents of the current window. |
| GetViewPos |
Gets the position in the current view from a position and size in pixels. |
| GetViewPosEx |
Gets the position in the current view from a position and size in pixels, as a comma-separated string. |
| GetViewPrj |
Gets a copy of the view coordinate reference system. |
| LoadBackgroundSwd |
Loads a new background SWD. |
| RecallNolView |
Recalls a named view from a Named Object Library. |
| Redraw |
Redraws a window, or windows. |
| RedrawExtent |
Redraws part of a window, or windows. |
| Render |
Renders the current view into an HTML stream. |
| RenderExtent{SisMimeData} |
Renders the specified view into an image. |
| RenderTile{SisMimeData} |
Renders and caches the specified tile at the specified scale level into an image. |
| ScrollView |
Scrolls the current window by a number of pixels. |
| Set3DView |
Sets the eye and look position in a 3D view. |
| SetDefaultPrj |
Sets the default coordinate reference system. |
| SetGazetteerView |
Finds and zooms to a location using an Add-in Gazetteer. |
| SetViewAngle |
Sets the current view angle. |
| SetViewExtent |
Sets the visible extents of the current window. |
| SetViewHome |
Sets the "home" view of a Map Window. |
| SetViewPrj |
Sets the coordinate reference system of the current window's view. |
| ZoomExtent |
Zooms the view to the extents of all of the items in all of the visible, hittable, and editable overlays. |
| ZoomView |
Zooms the current window by a scale factor. |