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hi,

i'm writing an application that uses symbols loaded from .bmp images, when i want to add a pushpin with on of these symbols i only have to know the id of the symbol.... the problem is that i load an initial map with all that bmp-symbols to be faster.... in mappoint 2002 it started in id number 256 but now in 2004 there are more symbols and that number has changed.

My question if is there a way to know the initial id of that bmp-symbols that i pre-loaded in the map... i know that if i load them by code i get the id but my question is to know the id of new symbols preloaded in the map... thats because the application must run in mappoint 2004 and 2002 showing the same symbols.

bye, thx.

I have Mappoint 2004 and it has 335 preloaded pushpin images. So if you load your own, they would begin at 336.

I do not reference the pins directly, I load the bitmap thus:

lCarIcon = oMap.Symbols.Add("\Carboss\Data\CarLocationW.bmp") + 1

This has the effect of assiging lCarIcon to the next available number for the pin, therefore when you assign it to the pin you can do this:

oPin.Symbol = oMap.Symbols.item(lCarIcon)

Thats my way of doing it anyway.

Richard