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Hi,
didn't find anything like that here but here some kinky different way
to do things. Maybe some of you can use it, but use it wise.

using System.Reflection;

Get MapPoint:
object mapPoint = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetTypeFromProgID("M apPoint.Application.EU.13"));

Now you can work with it, unless it's the right Id ^^

Get a Property:
object activeMap = mapPoint.GetType().InvokeMember("ActiveMap", BindingFlags.GetProperty | BindingFlags.OptionalParamBinding, null, mapPoint, new object[0]);

Call a Method:
object results = activeMap.GetType().InvokeMember("FindAddressResul ts", BindingFlags.InvokeMethod | BindingFlags.OptionalParamBinding, null, activeMap, new object[6] { "Musterweg", "Stuttgart", "", "", "", "Deutschland" });

Set a Property:
activeMap.GetType().InvokeMember("Saved", BindingFlags.SetProperty, null, activeMap, new object[1] { true });

Let's get dirty

Hi,

Thanks for sharing. Can you come up with an idea where this can be interesting or even encouraged ?

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It's usefull if you just want to have data from MapPoint without
the connection to your controls.
You don't have to reference MapPoint in your project and it's
quite direct an simple to programm.
Bad Point: long instructions

(Needed to display the Map on a Floating Panel so this was
a dead end at that part, if some of you know how to connect
it with a control just post it, i didn't had the time to test or
search)

hi,

thanks for clarifying. I do not understand the reason completely. Can you enlighten some more ? This can be interesting to put on the FAQ.

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Hmm i'm no Pro so i do not know ^^
...
I think you asked why i tried to Late Binded it ...
Scenario:
Want to use MapPoint if the Client has MP2006
and don't even want to show him the options
of using it if not. Like a feature.
Now, if i reference it in the project (c# visual studio
2005) an compile it and execute it on another
pc that doesn't have mp2006, it crashs on start-up.
This is as far as i understood the Problem.
If i late binde it, and catch the problematic parts
(when i make an instance of mp or call it) in try-catch
blocks, i can prevent the application from crashing.

The code above uses Late Binding and you don't
have to visualize it, hang mp in a form, etc..
You just need the Distance or DrivingTime, just call it
with the functions above. But beware, long instuctions
if you don't encapsule them your code will explode. ^^

Btw. MapPoint ocx is a b****, had to enbedd it in a
form to prevent it from closing dirty, like "save-popup"
at different states of the closing-mainform, mp-crash
at the end of my application ... just learned 1 thing
from it, give it a form, hide it, use it, give the control
back to the form before closing other forms and let
the form kill the mp ocx .... confusing ...

(just updated the segment info in my table after optimizing,
directions list (of the route) didn't have the last waypoint
of the route and other kinky ways of saving stuff.
Needed a 2-while-algo to just get the distance an time
between the waypoints ... not very clever done)