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Zoom and Pan using scroll wheel in Arcobjects
is there any way to zoom using scroll wheel ? i have tried AutoMouseWheel of map control, it works well for the first used custom tool, but once i change the tool, it stops working , i would like to ...
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How to use shortcuts in dockable windows?
I have developed a custom dockable window with textboxes, comboboxes and buttons for use in ArcMap. After the user clicks on a button in the dockable window a function is invoked.
How can I invoke the ...
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How to set focus on ArcMap map window using arcobjects and c#.net
I have developed a custom dockable window with textboxes, comboboxes and a button for use in ArcMap. After the user clicks on the button in the dockable window a function is invoked. After the ...
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Populating fields in a Matrix format
I am trying to develop an accuracy assessment tool using ArcObjects. As an output I would like to show a matrix with the fields such as road ,land,water etc. I just want to know how can I fetch ...
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Can custom map tiles be properly rendered via ArcObjects within my ArcGIS 10.1 Desktop AddIn?
Within ArcObjects for ArcGIS 10.1, we are attempting to render pre-generated map tiles as a
basemap (group) layer. The tiles themselves are of the typical web mercator aux. spherical tiling scheme. ...
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How to set min and max value for stretchType: esriRasterStretch_PercentMinimumMaximum
How can I set the min and max values for the stretch type "Percent Clip" in arcobjects?
It's possible to set the Stretch type:
rasterStretch.StretchType = ...
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ArcCatalog 10.1 tree doesn't refresh after adding new custom IGxObject at runtime
I am using ArcObjects 10.1 (.NET) to customize ArcCatalog: adding new nodes in catalog tree like in the Esri's example. But when I add new child node to already expanded parent, it doesn't show up in ...
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best practices for exception handling in ArcGIS .NET custom geoprocessing tools
I'm working on a set of C# GP tools for use both in Desktop and Server 10.1.
The only soup-to-nuts treatment of writing geoprocessing tools in .NET appears to be Building a custom geoprocessing ...
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What is the correct way to handle assembly resolution in .NET ArcGIS add-ins?
This has been a thorn in my side for some time now -- in .NET ArcGIS add-ins, assembly dependencies packaged with the add-in are often not resolved correctly. I am still not sure why and under which ...
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Split a Polyline into small segments
I am writing an addin, which needs to split a polyline into a number of segments taking the number of segments as an input from user.
How can I accomplish this?
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ArcObjects 10.1 .NET Convert Point from WGS1984 to OSGB1936
Please can someone help me convert a point in WGS1984 to OSGB1936, I have followed all the documentation (or so i think...) and yet have not made any headway into this problem. This is my code :
Type ...
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IGeometryBridge.GetPoints throws NotImplementedException. Am I doing something wrong?
I am working on some .NET code that processes lots of polygon geometries at the vertex level. In order to reduce COM interop overhead, I want to call IGeometryBridge2.GetPoints once instead of calling ...
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How do I change the targeted .NET 4.0 Framework to version 3.5 in an existing VS 2010 EXPRESS project?
I am upgrading from ArcGIS desktop 10.0 to 10.1 and I have a bunch of addins developed in VS 2008 Express using ArcObjects 10.0. I would like to upgrade everything to 10.1 using VS 2010 Express. I ...
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Can you use ArcObjects in an MVC service at v10.1
I'm slighlty confused with the changes at 10.1 and understand this version no longer supports DCOM or remote arcobjects.
Can you use ArcObjects in a webservice (in my case a .NET MVC 4 service) that ...
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How can you find ArcGIS version programatically?
Is there a way using ArcObjects.net to find out what version of ArcGIS is installed on a machine (i.e. 9.3., 10.0, 10.1)?
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Are there any open source distribution raster merging functions within JTS or GeoTools
I'm looking for something similar to the combine function from the ISelectionSet interface from ArcObject's SDK 10 .NET framework on a more scaled down level. Ergo, I don't plan on using that ...
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How to create multiple dockable windows?
I am building an add-in and I have several different windows, which I open with the code below. This works fine. However, how can I create the same window n times?
UID dockWinID = new UIDClass();
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Store global reference to a service/object
In developing with ArcMap, is there any way to register a service that can be used during the life-cycle of a document- for example to do something like:
C# .NET
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Problem building raster attribute table in ArcObjects
We are converting some polygon features to raster using ESRI.ArcGIS.GeoAnalyst.IConversionOp. The conversion is based on an integer field and the output raster is being correctly produced with integer ...
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How to make Plugin-DataSource Layers Editable in ArcMap(Arcobjects)
The .Net samples of the developer kit for ArcGis contains an example, that shows how a custom data source(Plugin Data Source) can be added as a layer in ArcMap. It is done by implementing interfaces ...
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Why would running LocateFeautresAlongRoutes GP tool return null?
I'm currently using the LocateFeaturesAlongRoutes tool wrapper for C#/.NET for a custom tool I'm developing for ArcMap 9.3.1. I've been able to run this tool in ArcMap outside of code in a tool with ...
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Get Type of Arcobjects objects
Trying to check the type of some Elements if they are (ITextElement , MarkerElement), when i try .getType() function it returns always "System._COM_object".
How i could get the type of an object if i ...
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Problem with deploying addin
I have made a Button addin for ArcMap in Visual Studia 2010, but I don't know how to deploy it, I tried debugging it from ArcMap but nothing happens, Any help Please..
Thanks in advance....
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How to handle events with ArcMap automation?
We have a bunch of forms written in C# as ArcMap commands, which are running happily in the normal way from command buttons. The forms interact with the map by creating layers and symbologies, and by ...
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How to do raster conditional comparisons in .NET?
I am comparing a raster with a constant value by raster calculator. Now I want to do this in a c# code.
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Is there any process to do this kind of raster conditional comparison in .net?
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How do I publish a custom .NET GP Tool as a GP Service on ArcGIS Server 10.1?
I have a GP Tool that I am able to publish as a GP service at 10.0.
I recompiled the DLL for 10.1 and have followed the steps in the Deploying custom .NET and C++ tools page of the 10.1 help doc. ...
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Remove lock on feature class
When i try to delete a feature class , after or during the use of an Arcgis engine app which uses the same feature class i got an error concerning the lock , so i can't get ride of this lock until i ...
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Is it possible to deploy on a ArcGIS 9.3.1 machine a component created with ArcGIS 10?
We are developping a C# ArcObjects Class extension assembly.
Our development machine was recently updgraded to ArcGIS 10, but when we try to install the assembly on a 9.3.1 machine, we get an R0000 ...
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How to get selected Features/Geometry from Windows Clipboard in ArcMap/C#?
I have a custom tool in ArcMap 10. The Workflow is the following:
Select Features in a Layer with the "Select Features by Rectangle" tool
Copy the Features to the Clipboard using STRG+c
Select the ...
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Writing In-memory IFeatureLayer to Shapefile using ArcObjects (Engine SDK)
I've been working on this for a little while now, and can not seem to get this thing working.
I've managed to export a geodatabase feature class and shapefile to a shapefile, but what I'm struggling ...
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How to use ITrackCancel to escape IRubberBand track?
I have a BaseTool for AX_MapControl and AX_PageLayoutControl that allows to draw a polyline via IRubberBand. But once the rubberband is started, you can't cancel it e.g. by hitting escape. I found ...
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How can I update an MXD file programatically?
I'm using ArcGIS 9.3.1. product line and MXD files.
At our customer we have multiple environment (DEV, QAS, PROD) which should be more or less identical except they use different datbases and a few ...
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Viewing Tables in the AxTOControl using ArcObjects
SE,
I was wondering if anyone out there has written a Table filter for the AxTOCControl in the ArcObjets Library.
I've rolled my own Table view for now in C#, but would like to try and keep things ...
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IFeature.set_Shape The coordinates or measures are out of bounds
I'm trying to add a point to my map, but something with the way I used shp2sde create caused me to have a incorrect spatial extent or something. So I'm getting "out of bounds" error.
How do I go ...
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ArcObjects: Setting image of a command button to a partially transparent bitmap
In an ArcMap 10 add-in, I am attempting to create a toggle button of sorts whose image changes based on the button's state.
This answer describes how to set an add-in button's image programmatically ...
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Shapes of this entity type not allowed in this layer when CreateFeature() is called
I have the following code that calls on a remote geodatabase server. Everything is connected and working, but when I try to add a point and use featureclass.CreateFeature();, it shuts down.
At first ...
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IMapServerObjects.get_Map says object is null reference.
So I am trying to access a map layer, which I can connect to.
try
{
agsconn.Connect();
Log.Write("Connected.", "myclass");
...
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ArcObjects (ArcGIS for Desktop and C#): How to cast between the ArcMap COM UI and my custom .Net UserControl objects?
I'm creating a utility to run in ArcGIS for Desktop using ArcObjects (9.3.1 SDK) and C#.Net. My prototype involves a toolbar with two comboboxes and a tool. The first combo selects a layer in the TOC, ...
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C# version for ArcObjects 9.3
Can I use C# 4.0 with the target framework set to .NET 3.5 to develop an extension for ArcMap 9.3? Or does it have to be C# 3.0 or earlier?
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How long should I hold onto (cache) references to IWorkspace, ITable, IFeatureClass?
After many months of programming with ArcObjects, I still feel somewhat unsure about two related issues:
For some operations, workspaces and datasets must be explicitly opened before they can be ...
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Are there known issues about UPPER, LOWER SQL functions in ArcGIS 10, file GDB?
Platform: ArcGIS 10 SP3, .NET
I use:
IQueryFilter queryFilter = new QueryFilterClass();
with ArcGIS .NET SDK and build a query...
Does anybody had problems using UPPER(stringField) and ...
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IGPutilities in IGPFunctions
Quick question, in Esri's area calculation sample of IGPFunction implementation they use IGPUtilities but they don't release the instance.
On the singletons page in SDK help they list GPUtilities as ...
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Calling arcpy/python from .NET?
Are there any available examples that show how python can be integrated into a .NET ArcGIS Addin or Extension? I have a series of python scripts that I would like to call from form events (e.g. button ...
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Custom implementation of ArcGIS function
I would like to find out what it takes to create a custom implementation of an ArcGIS function. In particular, I would like to implement GeoAnalyst.ISurfaceOp2.Visibility() in order to get it to run ...
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ArcGIS 10 IGPFunction2 and IGPFunctionFactory Implementation
I'm creating a custom ArcToolbox tool in C# .NET in ArcGIS 10 SP2. Though I seem to be having two issues which maybe related:
Firstly, my tool is run as a background task i.e. the GP dialog does not ...
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How to use ICalculator with a pre-expression in C#
Another wonderful predicament. I am trying to use an instance of ICalculator to update a field based on another field. Textbook stuff. Unfortunately, the example in the SDK for C# is a bit lacking.
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Schema Lock issue when using ITable.AddField via ArcObjects
During a process I am running, I sometimes need to create a field that is missing in an attribute table. Unfortunately, the program is complaining that the table I am adding the field to has a schema ...
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Problems reading data from a file geodatabase using an OleDbConnection
I'm able to connect to an ESRI fgdb using an OleDbDataAdapter and read the attribute table just fine - from within visual studio. However, when I put the code inside a windows service it crashes (no ...
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How to control which Fields are exported in ArcObjects? (via Field Mapping)
In ArcMap 10.x, if you use the Export Data command on a layer that has hidden/disabled fields, those fields will not be present in the created feature class/table. My question is simple: how do you ...
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Directory.GetFiles vs. ListDatasets - Which is the tool for the job?
I'm currently writing an arcobjects app that performs an arbitrary set of geoprocessing tasks on a group of shapefiles and/or dbf tables. My current implementation uses Directory.GetFiles to build an ...
