6.17 CADAddLayer

CADAddLayer adds an empty Layer to a drawing.

IO	Parameter	Type	Description
in	theCADArea	longint	Area ID
in	theLayerName	Str255	Name of the new layer, up to 255 characters long (need not be unique)
out	theNewLayerID	longint	Layer ID of the new layer
out	function result	OSErr	Error result code, also see Error handling

Remarks
The mode of the new layer is kCADLayerModeEditable.

Important
CADAddLayer doesn’t set the current layer. You may have to call CADSetCurrentLayer separately.

Related methods
CADAddSubLayer, CADRemoveLayer, CADGetLayers, CADGetSubLayers, CADGetLayerAttributes, CADSetLayerAttributes, CADGetLayerKey, CADSetLayerKey, CADGetLayerOrder, CADSetLayerOrder, CADGetCurrentLayer, CADSetCurrentLayer.