Imports layers from a file or stream in IEV, ALL or DXF format.

Notes: DXF is an Autocad vector format. DXF file can only be imported from file and only lines and ellipses objects are supported.

Namespace: HiComponents.IEvolution
Assembly: IEvolution2 (in IEvolution2.dll) Version: 10.1.0.0

Syntax

         
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public int LayersImport(
	string filename,
	IEFileFormats fileFormat,
	bool append
)
Public Function LayersImport ( _
	filename As String, _
	fileFormat As IEFileFormats, _
	append As Boolean _
) As Integer
public:
int LayersImport(
	String^ filename, 
	IEFileFormats fileFormat, 
	bool append
)

Parameters

filename
String
The full path to a file to import
fileFormat
IEFileFormats
The type of file, if known. It should be one IEV, ALL or DXF. You can also specify Unknown, whereby IEvolution will infer the format from the content (with DXF only the file extension is considered)
append
Boolean
When false the existing content is cleared before importing

Return Value

Result is -1 in the case of an error, otherwise returns the number of layers added.

See Also