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virtual MgByteReader* MgDrawingService::GetLayer ( MgResourceIdentifier resource,
CREFSTRING  sectionName,
CREFSTRING  layerName 
) [pure virtual]

Gets a layer from a particular section of a DWF.

.NET Syntax
virtual MgByteReader GetLayer(MgResourceIdentifier resource, string sectionName, string layerName);
Java Syntax
virtual MgByteReader GetLayer(MgResourceIdentifier resource, String sectionName, String layerName);
PHP Syntax
virtual MgByteReader GetLayer(MgResourceIdentifier resource, string sectionName, string layerName);

Parameters:
resource (MgResourceIdentifier) Resource identifier specifying the drawing source which has the DWF resource data.
sectionName (String/string) Name of the section. Section names can be retrieved via EnumerateSections or from the the manifest.xml file file via DescribeDrawing.
layerName (String/string) Name of the layer. Layer names can can be retrieved via EnumerateLayers.
Returns:
Returns DWF stream containing the specified layer in the specified section.
Example (PHP)
 // Assuming the drawing service has already been initialized
 $drawing_ID = new MgResourceIdentifier('Library://DrawingService/Floorplan.DrawingSource');
 $sectionName = 'com.autodesk.dwf.ePlot_9E2723744244DB8C44482263E654F764';
 $layerName = 'YELLOW';
 $byteReader = $drawingService->GetLayer($drawing_ID, $sectionName, $layerName);

Exceptions:
MgDwfSectionNotFoundException if the requested section does not exist in the DWF package.
MgInvalidDwfSectionException if the 2d graphics resource for the DWF section cannot be found.
MgNullReferenceException if data could not be read from the DWF resource.
MgOutOfMemoryException if there is insufficient memory to complete the operation.
MgServiceNotAvailableException if the underlying resource service cannot be obtained to access the drawing in the resource repository.
MgXmlParserException if there are problems parsing the resource content specified by the resource identifier.
MgInvalidDwfPackageException if the DWF specified by the resource identifier is not a DWF of version 6.0 or greater.
MgLayerNotFoundException if the requested layer does not exist in the requested section of the DWF package.
MgDwfException if the DWF component encounters errors.
Note:
See MgResourceService for additional exceptions.


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