ArcGIS Pro 3.4 API Reference Guide
ArcGIS.Core.CIM Namespace / LabelExpressionEngine Enumeration
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    LabelExpressionEngine Enumeration
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    Label expression engine types.
    Syntax
    Members
    MemberDescription
    Arcade Arcade
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    Python Python
    VBScript VBScript
    Example
    Creating an annotation feature class
    public void CreateStandAloneAnnotationFeatureClass(Geodatabase geodatabase, SpatialReference spatialReference)
    {
        // Creating a Cities annotation feature class
        // with following user defined fields
        // Name 
        // GlobalID
    
        // Annotation feature class name
        string annotationFeatureClassName = "CitiesAnnotation";
    
        // Create user defined attribute fields for annotation feature class 
        FieldDescription globalIDFieldDescription = FieldDescription.CreateGlobalIDField();
        FieldDescription nameFieldDescription = FieldDescription.CreateStringField("Name", 255);
    
        // Create a list of all field descriptions
        List<FieldDescription> fieldDescriptions = new List<FieldDescription> { globalIDFieldDescription, nameFieldDescription };
    
        // Create a ShapeDescription object
        ShapeDescription shapeDescription = new ShapeDescription(GeometryType.Polygon, spatialReference);
    
        // Create general placement properties for Maplex engine 
        CIMMaplexGeneralPlacementProperties generalPlacementProperties =
          new CIMMaplexGeneralPlacementProperties
          {
              AllowBorderOverlap = true,
              PlacementQuality = MaplexQualityType.High,
              DrawUnplacedLabels = true,
              InvertedLabelTolerance = 1.0,
              RotateLabelWithDisplay = true,
              UnplacedLabelColor = new CIMRGBColor
              {
                  R = 0,
                  G = 255,
                  B = 0,
                  Alpha = 0.5f // Green
              }
          };
    
        // Create general placement properties for Standard engine
    
        //CIMStandardGeneralPlacementProperties generalPlacementProperties =
        //  new CIMStandardGeneralPlacementProperties
        //  {
        //    DrawUnplacedLabels = true,
        //    InvertedLabelTolerance = 3.0,
        //    RotateLabelWithDisplay = true,
        //    UnplacedLabelColor = new CIMRGBColor
        //    {
        //      R = 255, G = 0, B = 0, Alpha = 0.5f // Red
        //    } 
        //   };
    
    
        // Create annotation  label classes
        // Green label
        CIMLabelClass greenLabelClass = new CIMLabelClass
        {
            Name = "Green",
            ExpressionTitle = "Expression-Green",
            ExpressionEngine = LabelExpressionEngine.Arcade,
            Expression = "$feature.OBJECTID",
            ID = 1,
            Priority = 0,
            Visibility = true,
            TextSymbol = new CIMSymbolReference
            {
                Symbol = new CIMTextSymbol()
                {
                    Angle = 45,
                    FontType = FontType.Type1,
                    FontFamilyName = "Tahoma",
                    FontEffects = FontEffects.Normal,
                    HaloSize = 2.0,
    
                    Symbol = new CIMPolygonSymbol
                    {
                        SymbolLayers = new CIMSymbolLayer[]
                {
            new CIMSolidFill
            {
              Color = CIMColor.CreateRGBColor(0, 255, 0)
            }
                },
                        UseRealWorldSymbolSizes = true
                    }
                },
                MaxScale = 0,
                MinScale = 0,
                SymbolName = "TextSymbol-Green"
            },
            StandardLabelPlacementProperties = new CIMStandardLabelPlacementProperties
            {
                AllowOverlappingLabels = true,
                LineOffset = 1.0
            },
            MaplexLabelPlacementProperties = new CIMMaplexLabelPlacementProperties
            {
                AlignLabelToLineDirection = true,
                AvoidPolygonHoles = true
            }
        };
    
        // Blue label
        CIMLabelClass blueLabelClass = new CIMLabelClass
        {
            Name = "Blue",
            ExpressionTitle = "Expression-Blue",
            ExpressionEngine = LabelExpressionEngine.Arcade,
            Expression = "$feature.OBJECTID",
            ID = 2,
            Priority = 0,
            Visibility = true,
            TextSymbol = new CIMSymbolReference
            {
                Symbol = new CIMTextSymbol()
                {
                    Angle = 45,
                    FontType = FontType.Type1,
                    FontFamilyName = "Consolas",
                    FontEffects = FontEffects.Normal,
                    HaloSize = 2.0,
    
                    Symbol = new CIMPolygonSymbol
                    {
                        SymbolLayers = new CIMSymbolLayer[]
                {
            new CIMSolidFill
            {
              Color = CIMColor.CreateRGBColor(0, 0, 255)
            }
                },
                        UseRealWorldSymbolSizes = true
                    }
                },
                MaxScale = 0,
                MinScale = 0,
                SymbolName = "TextSymbol-Blue"
            },
            StandardLabelPlacementProperties = new CIMStandardLabelPlacementProperties
            {
                AllowOverlappingLabels = true,
                LineOffset = 1.0
            },
            MaplexLabelPlacementProperties = new CIMMaplexLabelPlacementProperties
            {
                AlignLabelToLineDirection = true,
                AvoidPolygonHoles = true
            }
        };
    
        // Create a list of labels
        List<CIMLabelClass> labelClasses = new List<CIMLabelClass> { greenLabelClass, blueLabelClass };
    
        // Create an annotation feature class description object to describe the feature class to create
        AnnotationFeatureClassDescription annotationFeatureClassDescription =
          new AnnotationFeatureClassDescription(annotationFeatureClassName, fieldDescriptions, shapeDescription,
            generalPlacementProperties, labelClasses)
          {
              IsAutoCreate = true,
              IsSymbolIDRequired = false,
              IsUpdatedOnShapeChange = true
          };
    
        // Create a SchemaBuilder object
        SchemaBuilder schemaBuilder = new SchemaBuilder(geodatabase);
    
        // Add the creation of the Cities annotation feature class to the list of DDL tasks
        schemaBuilder.Create(annotationFeatureClassDescription);
    
        // Execute the DDL
        bool success = schemaBuilder.Build();
    
        // Inspect error messages
        if (!success)
        {
            IReadOnlyList<string> errorMessages = schemaBuilder.ErrorMessages;
            //etc.
        }
    }
    Creating a feature-linked annotation feature class
    public void CreateFeatureLinkedAnnotationFeatureClass(Geodatabase geodatabase, SpatialReference spatialReference)
    {
        // Creating a feature-linked annotation feature class between water pipe and valve in water distribution network
        // with following user defined fields
        // PipeName 
        // GlobalID
    
        // Annotation feature class name
        string annotationFeatureClassName = "WaterPipeAnnotation";
    
        // Create user defined attribute fields for annotation feature class
        FieldDescription pipeGlobalID = FieldDescription.CreateGlobalIDField();
        FieldDescription nameFieldDescription = FieldDescription.CreateStringField("Name", 255);
    
        // Create a list of all field descriptions
        List<FieldDescription> fieldDescriptions = new List<FieldDescription> { pipeGlobalID, nameFieldDescription };
    
        // Create a ShapeDescription object
        ShapeDescription shapeDescription = new ShapeDescription(GeometryType.Polygon, spatialReference);
    
        // Create general placement properties for Maplex engine 
        CIMMaplexGeneralPlacementProperties generalPlacementProperties = new CIMMaplexGeneralPlacementProperties
        {
            AllowBorderOverlap = true,
            PlacementQuality = MaplexQualityType.High,
            DrawUnplacedLabels = true,
            InvertedLabelTolerance = 1.0,
            RotateLabelWithDisplay = true,
            UnplacedLabelColor = new CIMRGBColor
            {
                R = 255,
                G = 0,
                B = 0,
                Alpha = 0.5f
            }
        };
    
        // Create annotation  label classes
        // Green label
        CIMLabelClass greenLabelClass = new CIMLabelClass
        {
            Name = "Green",
            ExpressionTitle = "Expression-Green",
            ExpressionEngine = LabelExpressionEngine.Arcade,
            Expression = "$feature.OBJECTID",
            ID = 1,
            Priority = 0,
            Visibility = true,
            TextSymbol = new CIMSymbolReference
            {
                Symbol = new CIMTextSymbol()
                {
                    Angle = 45,
                    FontType = FontType.Type1,
                    FontFamilyName = "Tahoma",
                    FontEffects = FontEffects.Normal,
                    HaloSize = 2.0,
    
                    Symbol = new CIMPolygonSymbol
                    {
                        SymbolLayers = new CIMSymbolLayer[]
                {
            new CIMSolidFill
            {
              Color = CIMColor.CreateRGBColor(0, 255, 0)
            }
                },
                        UseRealWorldSymbolSizes = true
                    }
                },
                MaxScale = 0,
                MinScale = 0,
                SymbolName = "TextSymbol-Green"
            },
            StandardLabelPlacementProperties = new CIMStandardLabelPlacementProperties
            {
                AllowOverlappingLabels = true,
                LineOffset = 1.0
            },
            MaplexLabelPlacementProperties = new CIMMaplexLabelPlacementProperties
            {
                AlignLabelToLineDirection = true,
                AvoidPolygonHoles = true
            }
        };
    
        // Blue label
        CIMLabelClass blueLabelClass = new CIMLabelClass
        {
            Name = "Blue",
            ExpressionTitle = "Expression-Blue",
            ExpressionEngine = LabelExpressionEngine.Arcade,
            Expression = "$feature.OBJECTID",
            ID = 2,
            Priority = 0,
            Visibility = true,
            TextSymbol = new CIMSymbolReference
            {
                Symbol = new CIMTextSymbol()
                {
                    Angle = 45,
                    FontType = FontType.Type1,
                    FontFamilyName = "Consolas",
                    FontEffects = FontEffects.Normal,
                    HaloSize = 2.0,
    
                    Symbol = new CIMPolygonSymbol
                    {
                        SymbolLayers = new CIMSymbolLayer[]
                {
            new CIMSolidFill
            {
              Color = CIMColor.CreateRGBColor(0, 0, 255)
            }
                },
                        UseRealWorldSymbolSizes = true
                    }
                },
                MaxScale = 0,
                MinScale = 0,
                SymbolName = "TextSymbol-Blue"
            },
            StandardLabelPlacementProperties = new CIMStandardLabelPlacementProperties
            {
                AllowOverlappingLabels = true,
                LineOffset = 1.0
            },
            MaplexLabelPlacementProperties = new CIMMaplexLabelPlacementProperties
            {
                AlignLabelToLineDirection = true,
                AvoidPolygonHoles = true
            }
        };
    
        // Create a list of labels
        List<CIMLabelClass> labelClasses = new List<CIMLabelClass> { greenLabelClass, blueLabelClass };
    
    
        // Create linked feature description
        // Linked feature class name
        string linkedFeatureClassName = "WaterPipe";
    
        // Create fields for water pipe
        FieldDescription waterPipeGlobalID = FieldDescription.CreateGlobalIDField();
        FieldDescription pipeName = FieldDescription.CreateStringField("PipeName", 255);
    
        // Create a list of water pipe field descriptions
        List<FieldDescription> pipeFieldDescriptions = new List<FieldDescription> { waterPipeGlobalID, pipeName };
    
        // Create a linked feature class description
        FeatureClassDescription linkedFeatureClassDescription = new FeatureClassDescription(linkedFeatureClassName, pipeFieldDescriptions,
          new ShapeDescription(GeometryType.Polyline, spatialReference));
    
        // Create a SchemaBuilder object
        SchemaBuilder schemaBuilder = new SchemaBuilder(geodatabase);
    
        // Add the creation of the linked feature class to the list of DDL tasks
        FeatureClassToken linkedFeatureClassToken = schemaBuilder.Create(linkedFeatureClassDescription);
    
        // Create an annotation feature class description object to describe the feature class to create
        AnnotationFeatureClassDescription annotationFeatureClassDescription =
          new AnnotationFeatureClassDescription(annotationFeatureClassName, fieldDescriptions, shapeDescription,
            generalPlacementProperties, labelClasses, new FeatureClassDescription(linkedFeatureClassToken))
          {
              IsAutoCreate = true,
              IsSymbolIDRequired = false,
              IsUpdatedOnShapeChange = true
          };
    
        // Add the creation of the annotation feature class to the list of DDL tasks
        schemaBuilder.Create(annotationFeatureClassDescription);
    
        // Execute the DDL
        bool success = schemaBuilder.Build();
    
        // Inspect error messages
        if (!success)
        {
            IReadOnlyList<string> errorMessages = schemaBuilder.ErrorMessages;
            //etc.
        }
    }
    Inheritance Hierarchy

    System.Object
       System.ValueType
          System.Enum
             ArcGIS.Core.CIM.LabelExpressionEngine

    Requirements

    Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10

    ArcGIS Pro version: 3 or higher.
    See Also