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add data to toccontrol

When i open MXD file, it isn't add to TOCControl, but it is dispalyed. How solve it or it is imposible? Code from standart ArcEngine MapControll APP private void menuOpenDoc_Click(object sender, ...
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ComException -2147467259 Arcgis 10 VB.net +Geoprocessing

I have a problem when i execute GeoProcessing in ArcEngine 10 with VB.net i had create the toolbox : Models.tbx and Model Process : disolveRoute with 2 parameters My Function is : Sub ...
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ArcEngine crashes on IProjectedCoordinateSystemEdit.Define

I need to create a projected coordinate system in my ArcEngine (Version 10.0) application from this .prj-file. Since I don't want to load from a file (with ...
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creating hyperlink form by arcengine into c#

I want to hyperlink three files to one point from a point layer,when I added this layer into Axmapcontroller I need to create a form to show a list of three files in order to choose by user, I could ...
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Error in Symbol Selector Sample

This question can seems to be n00b, but really im stuck at running this Arcengine Sample code, then i got this error i'm looking for any working example of Symbol Selector. i'm working on XP SP3, ...
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How to edit the position of a banner text's pointer?

I have build an ITool where one can add text (ITextElement) to the map. The user can choose the symbol from the ESRI symbology. There one can choose a symbol called "Banner Text" which looks like this ...
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Problem Initializing License for ArcEngine application

I have written an ArcEngine application using vb.net and Visual Studio 2010. When I initially started the code, I indicated an ArcInfo license was available during the project setup. This worked ...
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Why does ITopologicalOperator2 .ConstructUnion produce a somehow invalid polygon?

I try to add a single buffer around the shape of the selected features. So I step through each selected feature and add it's shape to a GeometryBag. With ITopologicalOperator2.ConstructUnion I create ...
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IMapControlEvents2.OnKeyDown not hit on Alt + key

I want to catch the Alt key plus an addionally hit key in the MapControl's OnKeyDown. I did already set MapControl's KeyIntercept to esriKeyIntercept.esriKeyInterceptAlt but the event handler doesn't ...
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How to show size/length of sketch while creating new feature?

While adding a new feature to a feature layer I like to show the size (area)/length of the sketch so that the user has a better feedback while placing the vertexes. So I hook up MapControl's ...
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How can I free esriControls.ControlsSelectTool? Or is it leaking memory?

In my application I have isues with unfreed memory. After several tries I broke down the problem to a simplified WPF project. It opens a simple System.Windows.Window with a Button, which starts the ...
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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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How do I add TIFF files to one layer/raster catalog?

We have several TIFF images (already tagged with position information) we want to load as a single layer into the map. It's the first time I dig into this raster/topology thing, but at least I managed ...
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ArcMap: Not scaling and/or rotating when exporting a map

I am writing a console application using ArcGIS (engine or desktop). I'm trying to rotate and scale a map based on a polygon, and I'm not having any luck at all. With some tinkering, I can usually do ...
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Snap Polygon vertices to Point features

I have a set of polygons drawn using an inaccurate GPS PDA. these polygons are sharing nodes. after post-processing GPS data to get accurate coordinates i have a set of all the nodes, then i have to ...
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Is there a way to reshape graphics in ArcEngine?

Our GIS-tool should allow the customer to reshape self drawn (polygon) graphic elements, like one can reshape features in edit mode with the Editor. Is it possible to reshape graphic elements? If ...
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Is it a bad idea to hold references to ArcObjects inside business classes?

According to best practices is it a bad idea to cache features and geometries inside business objects? If it is bad, what is the alternative way? References to features may be replaced with their ...
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How to use multiple graphics layers in ArcEngine?

My organization is working on an ArcEngine application that displays a GPS cursor for the user's current position. We are using custom-made GPS code since ESRI's is buggy in ArcGIS 10. Whenever the ...
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Make a Join Permanent

So I've been using a dynamic join (IRelQueryTable to attach a SQL query to a feature layer) but now I want to make a permanent (or semi-permanent) join. How do you go about doing this in ArcEngine ...
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AxMapControl: How to set map extent in ArcObjects?

I have a stand-alone application written in C#. I want to be able to save and restore the current map view (extent) that the user sees. I assumed that it would be as simple as saving the active view's ...
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How can I access the AddShapefile method in HookHelper?

I'm new to ArcEngine and ArcObjects. I'd like to develop an extension for ArcMap where I have to use IHookHelper instead of AxMapControl. I am looking for the AddShapefile method, which is available ...
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how do i calculate polygon area with arcobjects?

i'd like to develope an application with arcengine that can calculate area of a polygon . i wrote the below code to select a polygon in combobox for (int i = 0; i < pmapcontrol2.LayerCount; ...
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Need help with Merge GeoProcess task in ArcEngine (C#)

Help! Having the hardest time getting the correct syntax when adding layers as gp parameters to call the Merge_management GeoProcessing Task. Below is just one of MANY, MANY ways I have tried with ...
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How to enable MapTips in ArcGIS Engine? (ArcGIS 10)

My organization is working on a new version of our software using ArcGIS Engine. Previous versions of the software (running on ArcGIS Engine 9.3) displayed MapTips fine as long as they were enabled in ...
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(arcengine) export selected features from sde to shapefile (with joined fields)

I have a SDE featureclass that is joined to an access table in my map control. I want to export selected features of the SDE layer to a shapefile AND retain the joined fields. this following method ...
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Merge column data with a IFeatureClass

I have a points shapefile with City, State, Zip columns. I want to merge the column data together into a new column containing: City-State-Zip (with the hyphen). Can I merge column data like this ...
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Save a MapControl map to an MXD

I used to know how to do this, but I must have lost the code. I tried this: IMxdContents mxdcontents = mapControl.Map as IMxdContents; IMapDocument doc = new MapDocumentClass(); ...
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How can I interact with ArcObjects from a windows service?

How can I interact with ArcObjects from a windows service? It appears that I can't work with an AxMapControl object from a console or service, because it complains about the activeX state. How does ...
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Find Selected Element

Using the esriControls.ControlsSelectTool I select a text element that I have previously placed on the map. In code, how can I find this element on the map? I know I can iterate using the ...
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Adding barriers to a Network Analyst layer programmatically

Right now, I have code that allows the user to indicate on a map, which contains a Network Dataset layer, stops that are needed to create a route. I need to add functionality to the interface that ...
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Self-Sizing Labels

I have labels now in my application that work fine using the usual ILabelEngineLayerProperties2. When I set them up I set the .Expression property and using the .Symbol property I set the font, style, ...
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What does SetHistogramData do?

I run the following code: IClassify classify = new NaturalBreaksClass(); ITableHistogram tableHistogram = new BasicTableHistogramClass(); IBasicHistogram basicHistogram = tableHistogram as ...
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UniqueValueRenderer and ClassBreaksRenderer configuration

So I can create one of these renderers based on parameters I let the user set. Some parameter combinations either create invalid conditions or no conditions at all - missing data, too many breaks or ...
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Annotation and Renderer Interaction

I have code that creates either a UniqueValueRenderer or a ClassBreaksRenderer and applies it. I also have code that uses AnnotateLayerProperties to set labels. When I create a renderer and then an ...
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Strange Behavior for TOCControl PopupMenu

The sample "TOCControlContextMenu" demonstrates how to display a context menu from the AxTOCControl. When I run this sample and right-click on the TOC control the context menu pops up and remains ...
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Named ITable removal

I am dynamically creating a join between a GeoFeatureLayer and an external ITable derived from a SQL query and opened with OpenQueryClass(). It works. Now if I could only delete the Join!? But even ...
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Using IRelQueryTable

I create a RelQueryTable like this to join a GeoFeatureLayer to an external table. Everything seems to work (no errors, I can look in the table and see the correct fields.) Silly question: what do I ...
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Compound Key to Relationship

If tableField = "Process ID" and layerField = "PID" then this works: IRelationshipClass relationshipClass = memoryRelationshipFactory.Open( "Join", table as IObjectClass, tableField, ...
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How to get all features in current extent

I like to add text information to each feature in the shown map extent in my MapControl/PageLayoutControl. Adding the text is not a problem, but I couldn't find a way on how to get the features. Is ...
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List layers in directory .Net ArcObjects or plain .Net — C# preferably

Any code samples to list arcgis layer files from a directory so they can be looped over?
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Link non-spatial SQL Server query to a Geodatabase?

Is it possible to build an object (of whatever kind) in ArcEngine code that links the geodatabase data with a non-spatial SQL Server query? How would you go about doing this?
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How to Insert Feature into Feature Class (in Memory) ESRI

I'm looking for suggestions on how to insert a new feature instance into a feature class that is in memory -- assuming that I don't have access to the feature workspace. For example, the feature class ...
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How can I control what is passed to the OnCreate() method when a command or tool is initialized?

In an ArcEngine application can I control what is passed to the OnCreate() method when a command or tool is initialized? (I am using a synchronization object because I have both a map and a ...
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How to listen for ESRI drawing events using ESRI drawing tools in ArcObjects?

I am trying to make use of the built-in ArcObjects drawing tools (ie ControlsNewCircleTool) - but I need to listen for the events so I can add the drawing graphics to the database in our application. ...
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How do I use the OverviewClass in ArcObjects?

I want to display an Overview map - I know how to do it using a separate PageLayout or MapControl - but I noticed ESRI has an OverviewClass - how do I make use of this with the AxMapControl?
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Drag a Feature in ESRI, ArcObjects Engine (AxMapControl)

I'm trying to implement moving a point feature in a custom C# ArcGIS Engine application on an AxMapControl. I've already created a custom tool to do some other things. And I can track when the user is ...
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How to turn an IField from Not Editable to Editable?

so i have turned my ITable into an editable DataGridview from this post link. Now i want to set some of the columns to be non editable. So what I can do is initially set my IFieldEdit.Editable_2 to ...
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Replicating ArcMap's Point Sketch Geometry Editing (Feature Templates) in ArcObjects

I'm looking for a way to place, select, move, delete features inside a custom C# ArcObjects application (using AxMapControl). I found the exact behavior in ArcMap, but I want to save the user some ...
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Rendering raster layer from DTED based on height color map

I have a raster layer that was create from DTED file (dt1 specifically), created by the following code: var rasterLayer = new RasterLayer(); rasterLayer.CreateFromFilePath(dtedFilePath); The dted ...
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Create a esri layer file through web map

Is there some way to create a layer file through web mapping application. If I expose data through a map service is there a way to create a .lyr file?

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