SetUnitType

Description

Sets the unit type of the map data.

Returns true if it succeeds, false otherwise.

Syntax

object.SetUnitType (short nUnitType) As Boolean

• object: XM3Viewer object

• nUnitType: must have one of these values:

  • 0 for Radiometric

  • 1 for Photometric

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
  ' Sets the type of the unit with Photometric
  RetVal = Viewer.SetUnitType(1)
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")
#Sets the type of the unit with Illuminance/Irradiance
Viewer.SetUnitType(0)