An extension to a software program that performs a custom task.
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CodeDom.Compiler fails in Arcmap add-in, but works from console app
The Test method in the code below succeeds in a console test app, but fails when I call it from within an Arcmap add-in, throwing a ReflectionTypeLoadException with a loader exception saying:
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How to disable ArcMap Addin combo boxes to not allow extra text next to them?
I am developing an Addin for ArcMap 10. There are two combo boxes that I use. On several of my users's computers, they get this extra text next to the combo box. It appears it is text from the ...
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Reference for IDockableWindow?
Kind of a newbie with ArcObjects .NET. Trying to open a dockable window with the following code:
public class CAD_Test_01_button : ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.AddIns.Button
{
public CAD_Test_01_button()
...
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How to buffer a point in a Python Add-In by ArcMap's selection tolerance?
In this answer to another Python add-in question I suggested supplying a search_distance to the SelectLayerByLocation function in order to allow points and lines to be selected by an intersecting ...
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Python add-in won't buffer from output layer
I have a simple add-in script for Arcmap 10.1 to create a toolbar, select a layer from a drop down list of the current layers in the project, buffer that layer four-miles, then use the resulting ...
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Problem Docking Add-In Toolbar in ArcGIS 10 SP4/5
I have developed an Add-In Toolbar for ArcGIS 10. It docks just fine on my development computer (which is running 10.0, no service packs according to ESRI's patch finder). It has been deployed to ...
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Alternatives to IPersistVariant in ArcMap add-in's?
I have migrated an classic COM ArcMap Extension of mine to an add-in.
I have tried the new persistence approach of add-in's but I cannot serialize my custom objects through the XMLSerializer. I get ...
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find path where add-ins are installed
I see that my add-ins are installed to
C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\ESRI\Desktop10.0\AssemblyCache{6C90269B-D233-4122-3747-C2AE1131E22C}
Is it possible to find that file path from within the Add-in ...
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Is there a way to retrieve the version of the ArcMap Addins currently loaded?
The Addin system doesn't seem to be perfect. When I update the Addin in the network share, the version number immediately gets updated in the ArcMap Addin Manager, even though the updated binaries ...
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Streetview/Bing Bird's Eye Add-In
I'm trying to create an Add-In for this tool:
Link to Google Maps and Bing from MXD (Streetview and Bird's Eye supported)
I'm not receiving an error however my browser is not opening after I select ...
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Walkthrough: Add-In Command Bars root menu
I am wanting to create a new ArcMap Add-In project with just a custom root menu. According to the walkthrough, I can access the Add-In Command Bars (which has the Menu element) by adding a new item to ...
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Write string to status bar that doesn't go away
I'm attempting to write the number of items matching a given query to the statusbar. when i debug through the code, i am able to step through and see the message hit the statusbar, but then it ...
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Refresh combo box in add-in
I've got an add-in with a combo box and want to refresh the list in the combo box after an event in one of the other tools in the same add-in toolbar.
Can I call the combo box somehow to refresh it ...
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Recommendations on an MVVM framework for ArcGIS Desktop add-ins and/or ArcGIS WPF Runtime
Is anyone using an MVVM framework with ArcGIS Desktop add-ins or the ArcGIS Runtime for WPF?
I am leaning towards Caliburn.Micro simply because it seems to be the most popular "lightweight" MVVM ...
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Basic unit testing for ArcGIS 10.0 Java Add-in
I've been assigned the task of translating an old ArcGIS VBA script into a Java add-in. I finished the rough translation of the code, now I'm starting the debug process. The first unit test I want to ...
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Cubist Add-In for ArcMap
I'm looking for an ArcMap add-in that will create a raster based on rules from RuleQuest Research's Cubist .model files. Ideally, the add-in will give the user the option of matching input raster data ...
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custom dialog box for data and options settings
I want to design a custom dialog window where i can select various datasets of choice using scroll down option and specify some conditions and thresholds. Right now i am using python addins within ...
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Begginer doing Addin Demo I found -How do I resolve the error DataGridView is not declared? and Label1 is not declared?
' set the active display
Dim disp As ESRI.ArcGISExplorer.Mapping.MapDisplay = ESRI.ArcGISExplorer.Application.Application.ActiveMapDisplay
' define the item that selected by user
Dim ...
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Why does a tool not call its constructor or OnActivate() method?
I'm working on an add-in for ArcMap 10.0 in .Net version 3.5. It was finely added in arcgis desktop 10.0 as addin tool and working finely. I added some code in the addin project and build that ...
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Is it possible to lock a single feature from editing in ArcObjects?
We're developing an ArcMap addin. Now we need a way to lock a feature from editing/deleting. Is this possible with ArcObjects or do we have to create our own implementation of locking?
Example:
User ...
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How to get a AddIn to appear in customize mode categories?
I was hoping that someone here might have tried this, it seems like it could be a simple error somewhere. I was running the sample AddIn that was provided by ESRI and it worked fine until I tried to ...
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ArcObjects: How to get a reference to layer in a java add in
I am trying to implement a java add-in version of this solution:
unique value symbolize layers from a lookup table.
At the same time I want to start coding in Java for the ArcGIS Desktop, so I am ...
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Is it possible to save PostGIS connection string in OGR add-in to QGIS?
In QGIS I've saved a couple of PostGIS connections for adding data. This works fine. I've been unable to save the connections in the OGR layer converter add-in though. Has anyone found a way to do ...
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How to drag a layer from ArcMap Add-in into its MXD?
I have a simple ArcMap Add-in that displays all featureclass names in a database inside of a ListBox. If I select a name or multiple names in the listbox, how can I drag and drop it in ArcMap? Just ...
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ArcGIS custom addin icon
I'm working on a custom addin with C# + VS2010 + Arc10.1 Pre Release and I don't seem to find the way to make custom icons work for a button that the extension holds and for the extension itself. I ...
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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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Select By Attribute using geoprocessing without using layers?
I am selecting features based on attributes within an ArcGIS Add-In. The selections are pretty simple(e.g. "DESCRIPTION = left"). Is there a tool or method of doing this that doesn't require passing ...
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ArcGIS crashes with no error number in Visual Studio
I've been developing Add-ins for a while with Visual Studio 2008 and ArcGIS 10.
But in my new Add-in development process, I receive no error from Visual studio and ArcGIS crashes with error "Arcgis ...
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How to get an attribute of the selected feature and pass it into a URL?
As a total Novice with Python, I thought 2 weeks would be enough time to learn how to build some tools for our GIS... I was wrong and I'm running up on a deadline.
I am attempting to get a value ...
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Python Add in: Pass Selection from Combo Box into Definition Query
I am trying to pass the users selection into a definition query in an addin combo box python script.
Basically, I have a feature class with a field called "SITE". I build a python list from that ...
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Run a ArcMap (10.0) Addin Button with VBA from a MS-Access form
I need a way to execute an ArcGis-Addin (vb.net) from a MS-Access database form (VBA). The problem is that there is no ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.Addin reference in VBA and the "pItem.Execute" method with ...
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ArcGIS Add-In Project to Standard Library Project
I have been developing an ArcGIS 10 Add-In tool, but requirements changed halfway through development. Fortunately, this isn't changing any of the code, but I just need to be able to compile the ...
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Distance Units of a Layer
I am developing an ArcGIS desktop addin. I am attempting to get the distance units (ft, mm, km, etc.) from a layer in my .mxd and display it on a windows form. How can I do this? I can access the ...
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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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Why does onDemand setting remove my buttons from my menu?
When I set the onDemand="false" attribute, my buttons disappear from my menu!
I'm setting the attribute to false so that I control its behaviour using the OnUpdate override in code. Am I doing ...
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Problem with deployment of GeoProcessors
I am developing an AddIn which requires lots of Geoprocessing but whenever I deploy any Geoprocessor, the ArcMap crashes and its always with the Geoprocessors only. All other commands are working fine ...
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ArcPy 10.1 PointGeometry.projectAs()
I'm trying to reproject an X,Y passed in from an Add-in.
So far this works fine:
pointGeometry = arcpy.PointGeometry(arcpy.Point(x,y),srIn,False, False)
projectedPoint = ...
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ArcGIS 10.1 crashes when a button in an addin invokes GDAL DLL through SWIG CSharp wrapper
I am developing an addin with a button that tries to do coordinate transformation using GDAL OSR. When I create a new CoordinateTransformation object ArcMap crashes and close. If a debug against a ...
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ArcGIS Add-In - protected dll-s crashes ArcMap
Have anyone tried to use a protected dll inside an ESRI Add-In for ArcGIS Desktop?
We use a 3rd party company to protect our .NET dll-s before we package them.
This has worked for ArcGIS extensions ...
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ArcObjects: Scale text not changing map units from miles to feet
I am adding scale text to a page layout. The code works, but the map units on the text scale still appear as miles and not feet as coded. Here is the code snippet to add scale text....
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how do you create an editable combobox addin for ArciGIS using Eclipse
Arc have a walkthrough to take you through this. Looks like I'm still crawling. The walkthrough can be found here:
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Clip data and add layer to second dataframe using python Add-In
I want to clip a layer from data frame 1 and add it to the data frame 2 using the following script. But instead it just add all grids to current data frame 1 and don't update data frame 2. Please ...
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Python Addin Toolbar only works once
I am writing Python Addins for ArcGIS. I call a Python Toolbox, the Addin tool only works once in ArcCatalog when picked. If you pick it again nothing happens.
import arcpy
import pythonaddins
import ...
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pythonaddin button return value
I have asked this question a while back but within arcgis environment without using addin. Now i am trying to do the same task to get pixel value when user click anywhere on screen, to use in later ...
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ArcObjects IDataset.Copy causes program to crash
My implementation of IDataset.Copy continues to crash and I cannot figure out why. The program attempts to copy a shapefile from a temporary folder in one directory to a final folder in another ...
