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I want to:

  1. create new data frame,
  2. give it a name,
  3. activate it and then fill with layers, etc. in ArcMap .NET custom command.

With this code I achieve 1. and 2., but don't know how to activate it:

// mxDocument is IMxDocument
IMap newMap = mxDocument.Maps.Create();
newMap.Name = "I can name it as I want: " + Guid.NewGuid();
mxDocument.Maps.Add(newMap);
//HOW TO Activate newMap???
mxDocument.UpdateContents();

New data frame is created, added to TOC but how to make it active?

mxDocument.ActiveView.FocusMap = newMap

gives System.NotImplementedException.

EDIT: IMaps.Create() + IMaps.Add() is too primitive way to create a data frame, it won't work properly. See this link for a better description.

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  • Is this question really supposed to have the Python tag? Feb 13, 2015 at 18:26

1 Answer 1

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Try setting ActiveView (rather than FocusMap) to newMap:

mxDocument.ActiveView = newMap
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  • Thanks, it worked (with a cast): mxDocument.ActiveView = (IActiveView)newMap. Feb 11, 2015 at 17:00

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