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Speos Labs Automation 2024 R2

UnitType

Last update: 17.07.2025

Description

Gives the unit type of the map data.

Returns:

  • -1 if Unknown

  • 0 if Radiometric

  • 1 if Photometric

Syntax

object.UnitType As Short

  • object: XM3Viewer object

VB script example

Sub TestLab()
  ' Starts the application
  Dim Viewer
  Set Viewer = CreateObject("Xm3Viewer.Application")
  ' Opens the file
  Dim MyVar
  MyVar = Viewer.OpenFile("C:\tmp\XM3Viewer\2cubes_005_4.xm3")
  Dim RetVal
  ' Gets the type of the unit
  RetVal = Viewer.UnitType()
End Sub

IronPython example

from System import Type, Activator
type = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Xm3Viewer.Application")
MyXm3Viewer = Activator.CreateInstance(type)
#Open the file
MyXm3Viewer.OpenFile("C:\\tmp\\XM3Viewer\\2cubes_005_4.xm3")
#Gets the type of the unit
unitType = MyXm3Viewer.UnitType()
    if unitType == -1: 
        print "Unit type: Unknown"
    elif unitType == 0: 
        print "Unit type: Radiometric"
    elif unitType == 1:  
        print "Unit type: Photometric"

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