Method to determine shortest distance between 2 entites

[Anonymous]

Is there a .net api method to determine the shortest distance between 2 entities?
My specific situation is a cursor point and a polyline.

[Anonymous]

There are always multiple ways to 'skin a cat' (BTW, where did that phrase come from?).

My first suggestion would be looking into the Curve object. It has a function called GetClosestPointTo which will give you what you need.

The polyline object seems to inherit from the base curve object.

HTH,
Josh Modglin
InMotion Consulting
http://www.inmotioncon.com