Main map accessible as control?

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Goal: Is there a way to get the main map as a control (for the purposes of panning)?

Problem: If I use ctrlMapAnimAdd for panning the map, it would work easily with a map control (eg: RscMapControl), but I want it to work with the main map too but don't know how to get the main map as a control reference.

Is there a way to get the main map as a control? Or is there another way to pan the main map via scripting?

Purpose: I've got a bit of a system going with pop-up menus and part of it's functionality is a simple Map Bookmarks concept:

- Add bookmark (via map click),

- Delete bookmark (via menu),

- Go to bookmark (via menu selection, then pan map).

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">// show map location

_ctrl = LOC3_display displayCtrl _IDC_Map;

_ctrl ctrlMapAnimAdd [1.2, 1.00, _endPos2]; // [duration, zoom, pos]

ctrlMapAnimCommit _ctrl;

It's not critical, but would be handy to know.