Export the Legend as a Bitmap in VC++

Summary

This document contains sample code to demonstrate how to export the MapObjects legend control as a bitmap.

Procedure

1. Create a variable to store the index number of the layer to be exported.
   Use -1 to add all layers to the bitmap of the Legend.
   
   

   Code:
      short i = -1;

   
   
2. Create a variable to store the path and location of the bitmap.
   
   

   Code:
      BSTR str = SysAllocString(L"C:\\temp\\temp.bmp");

   
   
3. Export the Legend as a BMP file
   
   

   Code:
      m_legend.ExportToBmp(&str, &i);