ArcGIS 10.1 using Repast's Agent Analyst Extension - refresh.exe does not work

Question

I have installed the agent analyst extension for ArcGis. The refresh.exe, however, does not work. I have made a direct reference to the folder where refresh.exe is.

Answer 1

Try building the following C# program with Visual Studio; this should be a drop-in replacement. I am not sure what is wrong with the included refresh.exe but it crashes with a generic APPCRASH on my 10.1 installation:

using System;
using ESRI.ArcGIS;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.ArcMapUI;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework;

namespace Refresh
{
    internal class Program
    {
        [STAThread]
        private static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            RuntimeManager.BindLicense(ProductCode.EngineOrDesktop);
            IAppROT appROT = new AppROTClass();
            if (appROT.Count > 0)
            {
                for (int i = 0; i < appROT.Count; i++)
                {
                    if (appROT.Item[i] is IMxApplication)
                    {
                        IMxDocument mxDocument = (IMxDocument)appROT.Item[i].Document;
                        mxDocument.ActiveView.Refresh();
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Update: The issue seems to be that at ArcGIS 10.0+, ESRI no longer provides policy files allowing for assembly redirection (so you have to re-compile for each new version). See this ESRI forum thread for more info. A possible alternative solution to recompiling the program would be to create a publisher policy file that redirects the 10.0 assemblies to the 10.1 assemblies.

Update 2: Instead of recompiling, you can create an application configuration file to redirect the 10.0 assembly dependencies to the 10.1 assemblies. Copy/paste the following into a text editor and save it as Refresh.exe.config alongside Refresh.exe. Worked for me anyways:

<configuration>
    <runtime>
        <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
            <dependentAssembly>
                <assemblyIdentity name="ESRI.ArcGIS.ArcMapUI" publicKeyToken="8fc3cc631e44ad86" />
                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="10.0.0.0" newVersion="10.1.0.0"/>
            </dependentAssembly>
            <dependentAssembly>
                <assemblyIdentity name="ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto" publicKeyToken="8fc3cc631e44ad86" />
                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="10.0.0.0" newVersion="10.1.0.0"/>
            </dependentAssembly>
            <dependentAssembly>
                <assemblyIdentity name="ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework" publicKeyToken="8fc3cc631e44ad86" />
                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="10.0.0.0" newVersion="10.1.0.0"/>
            </dependentAssembly>
            <dependentAssembly>
                <assemblyIdentity name="ESRI.ArcGIS.System" publicKeyToken="8fc3cc631e44ad86" />
                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="10.0.0.0" newVersion="10.1.0.0"/>
            </dependentAssembly>
            <dependentAssembly>
                <assemblyIdentity name="ESRI.ArcGIS.Version" publicKeyToken="8fc3cc631e44ad86" />
                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="10.0.0.0" newVersion="10.1.0.0"/>
            </dependentAssembly>
        </assemblyBinding>
    </runtime>
</configuration>