Latest Contributions by LesleyBross

This doesn't answer Wasim's authentication question but I am grateful for his code sample. I was able to use it to connect to our homegrown ArcGIS feature services to create an IFeatureClass that I can work with in my ArcMap Add-In. Here is my VB .NET code:     Public Function BA_OpenFeatureClassFromService(ByVal url As String, ByVal layerId As Integer) As IFeatureClass         Dim sipPs As IPropertySet = New PropertySet()         Dim sipWSF As IWorkspaceFactory = New FeatureServiceWorkspaceFactory()         Dim sipWS As IWorkspace = Nothing         Dim sipFws As IFeatureWorkspace = Nothing         Try             'Trim any data after "FeatureServer" in url             Dim idxFs As Integer = url.IndexOf("FeatureServer")             url = url.Substring(0, (idxFs + "FeatureServer".Length))             sipPs.SetProperty("DATABASE", url)             sipWS = sipWSF.Open(sipPs, 0)             sipFws = CType(sipWS, IFeatureWorkspace)             Dim strLayerId As String = CType(layerId, String)             Return sipFws.OpenFeatureClass(strLayerId)         Catch ex As Exception             Debug.Print("BA_OpenFeatureClassFromService Exception: " & ex.Message)             Return Nothing         Finally             sipPs = Nothing             sipWS = Nothing             sipFws = Nothing             GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers()             GC.Collect()         End Try     End Function ... View more

Hi Alexander ~ After further research, I believe you are correct. I'd like to add to this discussion that I found the IDatasetNameFileStat2 to be a more efficient interface to use for this purpose (for vector data) as you only have to get a handle to the IDatasetName rather than having to open the dataset. It is unfortunate that ESRI does not manage this attribute for raster data sets in FGDB format. I found that it does work for rasters stored in a plain file system. Thanks -- Lesley ... View more

For anyone seeking to do this in VB, this code (slightly different) works for me: Dim codeBase As String = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.CodeBase Dim uriBuilder As UriBuilder = New UriBuilder(codeBase) Dim path As String = Uri.UnescapeDataString(uriBuilder.Path) Return System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(path) I can then create the full path to my file by appending a backslash and my file name. ... View more

Exactly. Thanks! ... View more

Good suggestion. Unfortunately the ArcGISImageService does not appear to support dynamic layers. Our application design requires the ability to swap out the underlying data source which is supported by the ArcGISMapService. Thanks -- Lesley ... View more

I think this works a little differently if you are using add-ins vs. traditional VB .NET. I am using add-ins and was unable to get the UserData solution to work for me. I found this blog posting from 'Geospatial Scott'. Hopefully it will help. The example is in C#. http://geospatialscott.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-get-arcgis-add-in-dockable.html Once you have the handle to the UI (form) you should be able to access the textbox. I was able to adapt the solution for my needs and I am working in VB .NET. ... View more

We opened a support case with ESRI and they recommended AGSDESKTOPJAVA as the replacement for ARCGISHOME in ArcGIS 10. ... View more

So, as usual, I was way overthinking this. A better way to accomplish my goal is to create a button control for each item on my menu. Button controls have images associated with them. Configure buttons under the Items property of Menu. And voila! BTW, if you want to disable a button at startup, you need to set the onDemand property to false in the XML. This is in the doc but I didn't see it right away. ... View more

Here is my code for popping a Dockable Window from a Button in and add-in where 'DockableWindow1' is the class name for the dockable window class generated by the ESRI add-in wizard.     Protected Overrides Sub OnClick()         Dim dockWindow As ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework.IDockableWindow         ' Only get/create the dockable window if it's not there         If dockWindow Is Nothing Then             Dim dockWinID As UID = New UIDClass()             dockWinID.Value = My.ThisAddIn.IDs.DockableWindow1             dockWindow = My.ArcMap.DockableWindowManager.GetDockableWindow(dockWinID)         End If         dockWindow.Show((Not dockWindow.IsVisible()))     End Sub ... View more

I think the easiest way to accomplish this in v10 is to use the Add-In framework. The ESRI templates from the SDK make it pretty easy. If you add a Dockable Window component to your add-in, you'll have access to the form designer to add fields, buttons, etc. There is also a code view like VBA for responding to form events. Good luck! ... View more

I was able to pop a context menu this morning with the following code. This is called from a button on a dockable window. Hope it helps someone...     Private Sub btnContext_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnContext.Click         Dim contextMenuID As UID = New UIDClass()         ' id property of menu from Config.esriaddinx document         contextMenuID.Value = "Dharma_Inst_CustomUIElements_Context_Menu"         Dim document As ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework.IDocument = My.ArcMap.Document         Dim menu As ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework.ICommandBar = TryCast(document.CommandBars.Find(contextMenuID, False, False), ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework.ICommandBar)         ' pop context menu at mouse position         menu.Popup(0, 0)     End Sub ... View more