VEMap.AddCustomLayer Method
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Adds a custom layer to the map.
VEMap.AddCustomLayer(object);
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
object |
The object to add as a layer to the map DIV container. |
Example
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>AddCustomLayer</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ecn.dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=6.3"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var map = null;
var myLayer = null;
function GetMap()
{
map = new VEMap('myMap');
map.LoadMap();
}
// Add and remove custom layers
function AddCustomLayer()
{
// Add a textbox to the surface of the map.
myLayer = document.createElement('p');
myLayer.style.position = "absolute";
myLayer.style.top="150px";
myLayer.style.left="200px";
myLayer.style.width = "100px";
myLayer.style.height = "100px";
myLayer.style.zIndex = 2;
myLayer.style.backgroundColor="lightblue";
myLayer.innerHTML = "This textbox is on the map.";
map.AddCustomLayer(myLayer);
}
function RemoveCustomLayer()
{
map.RemoveCustomLayer(myLayer);
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="GetMap();">
<div id='myMap' style="position:relative; width:600px; height:400px;"></div>
<div id="links"><a href="#" onclick="AddCustomLayer()">Add Custom Layer</a> | <a href="#" onclick="RemoveCustomLayer()">Remove Custom Layer</a><br/></div>
</body>
</html>