When a layer is the current layer and its Active property is True, the annotation tools are enabled.

Setting a layer's Active property to False disables all annotation tools. If you want to display an annotation file and not allow editing, set the Active property to False for all layers.

You can allow editing on selective layers by setting a layers Active property to True.

A layer created with CreateLayer is automatically set active.

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