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How do you get rid of the "lock" icon overlay on a custom geoprocessing tool in ArcToolbox?

This seems to appear even with the ESRI Sample Projects.

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This is probably a new thing in ArcGIS 10, since I did never get any overlays on my custom tools in ArcGIS 9.3. – Petr Krebs Nov 1 '10 at 17:33
@petr: Yeah - the custom tools always look like they're not licensed, even if IsLicensed() returns true... not sure how to fix it. – Reed Copsey Nov 1 '10 at 17:34
Interesting... I'll try to port some of my tools to ArcGIS 10 and see what is does. – Petr Krebs Nov 1 '10 at 17:38
With models I was able to edit models - validate - save and the icon disappeared. – Jakub Nov 1 '10 at 18:12
@Jakub: I'm doing code-based (COM API) IGPFunction tools - don't think there is a corresponding function for that, though... – Reed Copsey Nov 1 '10 at 18:15
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Contrary to the ESRI-provided sample, do not set IGPFunctionName.MinimumProduct when implementing IGPFunctionFactory.GetFunctionNames and IGPFunctionFactory.GetFunctionName (or any other IGPFunctionName related methods).

EDIT: You can of course set the property to the appropriate level. The ESRI sample uses the (highest) esriProductCode.esriProductCodeProfessional level (ArcInfo) which, in majority of cases, is not what you want.

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That was it. I pull that out, and it goes away... Turns out from here: help.arcgis.com/en/sdk/10.0/arcobjects_net/componenthelp/… Professional is ArcInfo, so this makes sense... – Reed Copsey Nov 1 '10 at 19:33
That clarifies it. I edited the answer to reflect this information. – Petr Krebs Nov 1 '10 at 19:45

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