ArcObjects .NET - Initializing License?

Question

I'm brand new to ArcObjects. I've got it installed, and now I want to try using it in a .NET MVC application. In the controller, I think I need to initialize the license before I can do anything with ArcObjects since this is a standalone web application. Is there a code snippet out there to do that? I've been reading various threads and I'm having trouble putting it together. I'm using 10.5

I know at some point I have to call this:

ESRI.ArcGIS.RuntimeManager.BindLicense(ProductCode.Desktop)

but there's also some other code about initialization (AoInitialize ?) that I'm not sure where to put or what to do with.

Answer 1

This should do what you're looking for, but mind you may need to change the esriLicenseProductCode enum to something else depending on your license.

private void licenseCheck()
{
     ESRI.ArcGIS.RuntimeManager.Bind(ESRI.ArcGIS.ProductCode.Desktop);
     ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.IAoInitialize ao = new ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.AoInitialize();
     ao.Initialize(ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.esriLicenseProductCode.esriLicenseProductCodeAdvanced);
}