Add-in button with iCommand calling interactive tool

KerryAlley

Greetings!

I'm trying to re-create an ArcMap add-in in Pro that opens the Divide command frame, and then executes some custom attribute updates after the user divides a polyline.  The button opens the Divide tool, but doesn't wait for user interaction before executing additional code.  How do I get the button to wait for a successful divide operation before executing the custom code?

Thanks!

Here's my add-in structure (with a message box replacing the custom code):

protected override void OnClick()
{
    QueuedTask.Run(() =>
    {
        // ArcGIS Pro Command's DAML ID. 
        var commandId = "esri_editing_DivideCommand";
        // get the ICommand interface from the ArcGIS Pro Button
        // using command's plug-in wrapper
        var iCommand = FrameworkApplication.GetPlugInWrapper(commandId) as ICommand;
        if (iCommand != null)
        {
            // Let ArcGIS Pro do the work for us
            if (iCommand.CanExecute(null))
            {
                iCommand.Execute(null);
                MessageBox.Show("Any custom code written here executes without waiting for the user to divide a polyline");
            }
        }
        MessageBox.Show("iCommand is done");
    });
}

 

NarelleChedzey

Kerry, 

Sorry for the confusion.  I would have to qualify my above statement with regards to determining when a button / command has finished executing; is that it depends on the command. 

In the example in the documentation, the command "esri_mapping_createBookmark"  displays a modal dialog and performs some action on the ok button. 

The command in your example  "esri_editing_DivideCommand" activates the divide tool and displays a UI in a dockpane.  This is not a modal dialog as tools very often require some interaction with the map.  The divide command at this point has finished executing.  It is the divide tool and the dockpane UI that actually controls the divide operation.   The only way to know when the user has finished interacting with the UI and executed the divide edit is to use the edit events. . 

Hope this helps clarify things a bit. 

 

Narelle