Text ShapeFile not displaying ArcGIS/ArcMap

Question

I currently am trying to load different shp files in ArcObjects progromatically. Currently I can load lines,polylines, polygons and ellipses (even though that's just a fancy polygon as far as ArcObjects is concerned).

However, I'm having a problem loading Text. Basically it's a point on a map with some text above it.

This is how I'm trying to load the shape File. Note this is basically the same thing I do for polygons, polylines,and ellipses. The only notable difference is ITextSymbol as opposed to ISimpleFillSymbol for Polygons or ISimpleLineSymbol for Lines

IFeatureLayer featureLayer = new FeatureLayerrClass();
featureLayer.FeatureClass = myFeatureClass //Loaded from the featureWorkspace
featureLayer.Name = featureClass.AliasName;
featureLayer.Visibile = true;

IGeoFeatureLayer layer = featureLayer as IGeoFeatureLayer;

IRgbColor textColor = new RgbColorClass();
textColor.Red = 255;
textColor.Blue = 0;
textColor.Green =0;

ITextSymbol textSymbol = new TextSymbolClass();
textSymbol.Color = textColor;
textSymbol.Font = (stdole.IFontDisp)OLE.GetIFontDispFromFont(new Font("Arial", 12 , FontStyle.Bold);
textSymbol.Size = 12;
textSymbol.Text = myText;

ISimpleRenderer simpleRenderer = new SimpleRendererClass();
simpleRenderer.Symbol = textSymbol as ISymbol;
geoFeatureLayer.Renderer = simpleRenderer;

myAxMap.AddLayer(geoFeatureLayer as ILayer);
Invalidate();

Answer 1

Text symbols cannot be used as renderer symbols. You will need to set up labeling for your layer instead.

A good start for setting layer's labeling properties is IGeoFeatureLayer.AnnotationProperties.