VS 2010 and ArcMap Add-in project templates

Question

Hi all,

I am using ArcGIs 9.3 and I have in my computer VS 2005 and VS 2010.

Where are the Web ADF and ArcMap Add-in project templates  in VS 2010?  I can see them in VS 2005.

Please advise

NeilClemmons_GISinc · Answer

I have Visual Studio 2010 Professional Edition installed and have just loaded the ArcGIS 9.3.1 SDK and do not see any ArcGIS templates.  Do I need to be running Visual Studio 2008 to work with ArcGIS 9.3.1?

You can use any version of Visual Studio to program against any version of ArcGIS as long as that version of Visual Studio supports the version of the .NET Framework required by the version of ArcGIS that you're using..  However, the ESRI SDKs are only supported for specific versions of Visual Studio (which versions of Visual Studio depends on which version of the SDK, refer to the developer help).  This means if you are using an unsupported version of Visual Studio then you cannot install the ESRI SDK.  All the SDK is is a collection of templates and addins for Visual Studio.  For me personally, I don't ever use any of those so not having the SDK installed is no big deal.

Also, you need to make sure that you're targeting the version of the .NET Framework that is supported by the version of ArcGIS you're programming against.  For 9.3.1, that would be .NET Framework 3.5.

GarySchells · Answer

I have Visual Studio 2010 Professional Edition installed and have just loaded the ArcGIS 9.3.1 SDK and do not see any ArcGIS templates.  Do I need to be running Visual Studio 2008 to work with ArcGIS 9.3.1?

JeffreyHamblin · Answer

From my experience, and according to the following:

ArcObjects SDK 10 System Requirements

only Visual Studio 2008 is supported for Express editions by the SDK 10 installer. I was not able to install the SDK 10 with Visual Studio 2010 Express.

According to Deprecation plan for ArcGIS 10.0 and 10.1, SDK 10.1 will drop support for Visual Studio 2008 altogether, and the installer will work with all editions of Visual Studio 2010.

-Jeff