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///Jason Pont
///4/10/03
///How to get a state from clicking anywhere on a map:
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private class Form1()
{
private Map mUSA;

private void WhateverYouStartYourMapWith ()
{
mUSA.MouseUp += new MapPoint._MapEvents_MouseUpEventHandler(MouseUp);
}

private new void MouseUp(int button, int shift, int x, int y)
		{
			
			
		try
		{
			///Create a result set, and a default location
			/// for comparison below
			FindResults oRes;
			
//default oLoc to any valid location you want
			MapPoint.Location oLoc = (Location)mUSA.Find("12234234 Broadway Street, New York, New York, 10024");;
			
			//Grab all points of interest near the user's click
			oRes = mUSA.ObjectsFromPoint(x, y);
			
			//used in the loop below to check which result you are on
			int resultCounter = 0;
			//display count for your peace of mind
			Debug.WriteLine (oRes.Count);
			//move through the collection
			foreach (object oResultObject in oRes)
			{
				//is this object a Location object?
				if (oResultObject is Location)
				{
					//does this result set have more than 1 result?
					//if not, this is your region (oceans act like this)
					if (oRes.Count == 1)
					{
						//oLoc.Select();
						oLoc = (Location)oResultObject;
						
						//show the region in the title bar
						///THIS IS WHERE YOU GET THE STATE NAME FROM!!!!
						///Whoever needs the State name, pass it from the
						///"oLoc" object's Region property to wherever
						///you need it to go, and you're done!
						frmMapPoint.ActiveForm.Text = oLoc.Name;
						break;	
					}
					//more than 1 result....1st to last will be the region
					if (resultCounter == oRes.Count - 2)
					{
						oLoc = (Location)oResultObject;
					
						//oLoc.Select();
						
						//show the region in the title bar
						///THIS IS WHERE YOU GET THE STATE NAME FROM!!!!
						///Whoever needs the State name, pass it from the
						///"oLoc" object's Region property to wherever
						///you need it to go, and you're done!
						frmMapPoint.ActiveForm.Text = oLoc.Name.ToString();
						frmMapPoint.ActiveForm.Text = oLoc.StreetAddress.ToString();
						//Debug.WriteLine(oLoc.StreetAddress.Street.ToString());
						break;
					}
				}
				//increment which result you are currently on
				resultCounter++;
			}
		}
		catch {};	
		}//end of mouseup

}//end of form1