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ET GeoWizards Scripting

Point Distance
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Calculates the distance for each point of a point layer to the closest feature from another layer (Point, Polyline or Polygon).

Syntax    

Dim ET As  New ETGW_Core
Set variable =  ET.PointDistance(pInFeatureClass, pReferenceFeatureClass, _
                                                      sOutFileName, dSearchTol, pCalcSref)

The PointDistance method syntax has the following object qualifier and arguments:

Part Description
variable An IFeatureClass object
pInFeatureClass Required. An IFeatureClass object (Must be a point feature class)
pReferenceFeatureClass Required. An IFeatureClass object (Point, Polyline or Polygon  feature class). 
sOutFileName Required. A String - the full name of the output feature class (A feature class with the same full name should not exist)
dSearchTol Required. A Double representing  the Search tolerance (in the units of the pCalcSref) to be used
pCalcSref Required. A Spatial reference object which distance unit will be used for calculation.

Example