How do we update the image of some item of type "CustomItemBase" in catalogPane at runtime based on some condition

Question

I have a scenarion where i add some item of type "CustomItemBase" in catalog pane,

and on some condition i need to change the image of that item,

if i try to update "SmallImage" it doesnt works!

ShareUser · Answer

Within the Catalog pane, Item images are associated with the Item type; and as a result are cached internally as you have seen.   Changing the item image per instance of a type isn't supported behaviour.

I would recommend just changing the item name (as you are doing with RenameAsync) and indicating the status with the name - perhaps adding your "Latest" or "Modified" text in parenthesis.

Regards

Narelle

ErHiteshNavani · Answer

Scenario is:

I add the some item from FGDB to map, then I set the icon as "~Latest",
if I modify some attributes of that item but dont save to FGDB then I set the icon called "~Modified",
once i save the item again to FGDB then the icon again needs to be set icon as "~Latest"

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I tried 1 approach that if i change ArcGIS.Desktop.Core.CustomItemBase.SmallImage & call ArcGIS.Desktop.Core.CustomItemBase.RenameAsync with always a different name then the image and name is changed, but if i just change ArcGIS.Desktop.Core.CustomItemBase.SmallImage it dont work (i see the old image), so i believe some caching on catalog pane by name is kept!

ShareUser · Answer

Hi,

This currently isn't possible with the API.  The expectation is that an Item (custom or otherwise) has a single fixed smallImage and largeImage.

Can you explain your workflow and why it makes sense to have different images displayed depending upon a condition.

regards

Narelle