VECGetLayerDesc and VECGetLayerName

Demonstrate how to print out the layer name and description of a vector layer.

Remarks

This example illustrates how to retrieve the name and description of a layer.

Code

 local integer tfid, integer layer

 try
 tfid = DBOpen( GetPCIHOME() + "/demo/irvine.pix", "r")

 layer = 31

 print "Layer Name: ", VECGetLayerName( tfid, layer),\
                        "  Layer Description: ",\
                       VECGetLayerDesc(tfid, layer)


 call DBClose(tfid)

 onerror
   print "Error: "+ GetLastErrorMessage()
 endonerror

Output

Layer Name: Vector  Layer Description: AII-Polygons Layer

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