Provides access to members that serve maps. Note: the IMapServer interface has been superseded byIMapServer2. Please consider using the more recent version.
Product Availability
Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.
Description
Note: the IMapServer interface has been superseded by IMapServer2
Members
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ComputeDistance | Computes the distance between two points on the specified map. The result is in the map units of the specified map. | 
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ComputeScale | Computes the scale of the specified map, at the given map extent, for an image with the given size. | 
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DefaultMapName | Name of the document's active map (data frame). | 
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DocumentInfo | A set of name-value pairs for properties set for the map document (mxd only). These properties are string values set in the map document's Map Properties dialog and include: Title, Subject, Author, Category, Keywords and Comments. | 
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ExportMapImage | Generates an image of the map, based on the given map description, and writes the image to a specified file on disk. Supported file types are: 'bmp', 'jpg', 'tif', 'png'/'png8', 'png24', 'emf', 'ps', 'pdf', 'ai', 'gif', and 'svg'/'svgz'. | 
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Find | Returns a collection of Map Server Find Result objects that contain the given search string. If LayerIDs is Nothing/Null or empty, all layers are searched. | 
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FromMapPoints | Converts a map coordinate to a screen location. | 
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GetLegendInfo | Returns a collection of Map Server Legend Info objects for the specified layers. If layerIDs is Nothing/Null or empty, legend information for all layers is returned. | 
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GetServerInfo | Returns information about a map (data frame). | 
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GetSQLSyntaxInfo | Returns the SQL syntax information for the specified layer. | 
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GetSupportedImageReturnTypes | The supported image return types for the map server. A value of esriImageReturnMimeData means that only MIME data is supported. Otherwise, either MIME data or URLs are supported. | 
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Identify | Returns a collection of Map Server Identify Result objects at the given location. If LayerIDs is Nothing/Null or empty, all layers are searched. | 
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MapCount | The number of maps (data frames) in the document. | 
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MapName | Name of the map (data frame) as indicated by the index. The first beginning with 0. | 
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QueryFeatureCount | Returns the count of the features that meet the query filter selection criteria for the specified layer. | 
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QueryFeatureData | Returns a record set of features that meet the query filter selection criteria for the specified layer. | 
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QueryFeatureIDs | Returns the IDs of the features that meet the query filter selection criteria for the specified layer. | 
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QueryHyperlinks | Returns a collection of Map Server Hyperlink objects for the specified layers. Only hyperlinks of visible layers are returned. If LayerIDs is Nothing/Null or empty, all layers are searched. | 
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ToMapPoints | Converts a screen location to a map coordinate. | 
CoClasses that implement IMapServer
| CoClasses and Classes | Description | 
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| MapServer | The MapServer component provides programmatic access to the contents of a map document on disk, and creates images of the map contents based on user requests. Designed for use in building map-based web services and web applications. | 
| MapServerIP | Map Server Message Proxy. | 
| MapServerLP | Map Server LAN Proxy. | 

