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Greetings,

Perhaps I've asked a similar question before. Sorry if I have.

I need to use my own image file as a symbol on my MapPoint map. So far, I know how to use a MapPointSymbol, which is a short, and which corresponds to an image in the Symbols list. But I need to replace that with my own jpg or bmp image.

Is this possible with MapPoint ActiveX??

Thanks.

Yes.. just load in your own custom symbol.

Through the interface on the drawing tool you would import custom symbol.

Programmatically you use the Add method --

Add method (Symbols)
Adds a .bmp, .ico, or .cur file to the Symbols collection. Returns the newly created Symbol object.

Note that you have to convert your jpg to a bmp (ico or cur).

Here is the example from the help file --

Sub ImportCustomSymbol()

Dim objApp As New MapPoint.Application
Dim objMap As MapPoint.Map
Dim objPin As MapPoint.Pushpin
Dim objSymbol As MapPoint.Symbol

'Set up the application
Set objMap = objApp.ActiveMap
objApp.Visible = True
objApp.UserControl = True

'Add a Pushpin to the map
Set objPin = objMap.AddPushpin(objMap.FindResults("Seattle, WA")(1))

'Get a new symbol and change the symbol of the Pushpin on the map
Set objSymbol = objMap.Symbols.Add(objApp.Path + "\Samples\CAirport.bmp")
objPin.Symbol = objSymbol.ID

End Sub

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