/// <summary> /// adds a layer to the active view /// </summary> /// <param name="path">full path name</param> /// <returns>Ilayer</returns> public ILayer addLayer(string path) { IMap map = (IMap)acView; geoDatabaseUtility geoUtil = new geoDatabaseUtility(); esriDatasetType dType = geoUtil.getDataType(path); ILayer lyr = null; switch (dType) { case esriDatasetType.esriDTFeatureClass: IFeatureLayer ftrLayer = new FeatureLayerClass(); ftrLayer.FeatureClass = geoUtil.getFeatureClass(path); lyr = (ILayer)ftrLayer; lyr.Name = ftrLayer.FeatureClass.AliasName; map.AddLayer(lyr); break; case esriDatasetType.esriDTRasterBand: case esriDatasetType.esriDTRasterCatalog: case esriDatasetType.esriDTRasterDataset: IRasterLayer rasterLayer = new RasterLayerClass(); rasterLayer.CreateFromDataset(geoUtil.getRasterDataset(path)); rasterLayer.Name = rasterLayer.Name; map.AddLayer((ILayer)rasterLayer); break; case esriDatasetType.esriDTTable: ITable tbl = geoUtil.getTable(path); ITableCollection tableCollection = (ITableCollection)map; tableCollection.AddTable(tbl); break; default: break; } acView.Refresh(); return(lyr); }