ArcGIS 10 Add-In Does not Work on Other computers

Question

I developed a user form that allows user to edit feature attributes in visual basic 2008. vb.net. The add-in's that I built work great on my computer, but when I tried it on another, it crashes ArcMap.

is this because the DeveloperKit is not installed on the other computer??

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I manually add-in the tool (i.e., Customize, Add from file, etc) and it looks like it installs. ArcMap crashes when I click on the button though. On my computer it work correctly using the same method.

I have uploaded the file to here: http://wfurl.com/3611b10

THANKS

Answer 1

_{(Months later...)}

The answer is to not reference 3rd party dependencies if they aren't on the clients' machines and you aren't distributing them with your add-in. In this case it was the Visual Basic Power Packs dependency, which from the sounds of it wasn't being used anyways.

You should also be sure to implement error handling at all entry points to your add-in so that the host ArcGIS application does not swallow the errors or crash.

Answer 2

You should study the link at http://fontstuff.com/vba/vbatut08.htm.

The following function may be used in the workbook_open event.

sub workbook_open()
call resolve_addin
end sub

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Sub RESOLVE_ADDIN()
For K = 1 To ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets.Count
Worksheets(K).Activate
For Each CL In ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Cells
If CL.HasFormula Then
If InStr(CL.Formula, "AddIns") Then
fcoma1 = InStr(CL.Formula, "'")
fcoma2 = InStr(CL.Formula, "!")
String_Replace = Mid(CL.Formula, fcoma1, fcoma2 - fcoma1 + 1)

    CL.Replace What:=String_Replace _
                , Replacement:="", LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:= _
        False, SearchFormat:=False, ReplaceFormat:=False
    CL.Rows.AutoFit
End If
End If
Next
Next
End Sub

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