Latest Contributions by MarcBate1

Please add support for tabular labels that show multiple fields and support row/column totals and formatting similar to those available in Excel 2010. These should provide the following options when choosing the feature class attribute fields to use for the tables: Transpose tables (fields across left instead of top) Calculated fields - expressions using other field attribute values Formatting similar to those available in Excel for tables including cell shading, borders.  Each field used would be assigned a style gallery item so the header cells or total columns could be easily configured. There could be a new Table Labels style class that saves this configuration of all the styles similar to the legend styles.  The Table Styles under the Excel 2010 ribbon would be a good thing to follow, where you can easily set the 'Table Style Options' such as Header Row, Banded Rows, Total Row, etc.  Support automatic creation and styling of row and column totals Allow for what would otherwise be multiple tables with just 1 label per feature to be grouped so if there are multiple dates in the feature class for example, you'll get multiple rows in your table, i.e. define a row grouping field Support converting these labels to annotation via ArcMap UI as well as a geoprocessing tool to convert the labels to annotation, but that's really another new request Here's an example markup using Excel 2010 tables that were copied and pasted into Layout view as EMF images and grouped with callout symbols whose text was empty and rectangle is under the tables. *Each label here would actually be coming from a different feature class, so for each feature class, all the tables would look the same of course. ... View more

Please add the same support that has been implemented for 3D text in ArcGlobe in ArcScene so you can label features dynamically in the scene and display annotation in 3D. It would be nice to migrate the 3D Label Toolbar developer sample from VB6 to .NET and include with the SDK to see how to best use OpenGL with .NET and ArcObjects:  http://resources.esri.com/help/9.3/ArcGISDesktop/com/samples/3d_analyst/visualization/ArcScene/text_toolbar/4f59ee98-9f9f-48a1-88f0-f50cd10d358c.htm ... View more

Add a paste special option to ArcMap, ArcScene, and ArcGlobe where you can copy one layer's symbology and apply it to another.  In ArcCatalog, copy and paste special could be used to copy metadata information between datasets. ... View more

I'd like to have an option for ArcCatalog to show or hide hidden files.   It is showing hidden system files, such as Thumbs.db, which is just the Windows Explorer thumbnail cache file and should even be showing up in ArcCatalog.   It could also honor whatever you are using for your Windows Explorer show hidden files setting. ... View more

In the ArcGIS Desktop help topic, Modeling limitations of relationship classes, please allow multiple fields to be used to define the primary and/or secondary keys that define the relationship classes, as well as in-memory relates: The primary and foreign keys can each be based on one field only; complex primary and foreign keys are not supported in ArcGIS. I was hoping that this would be resolved back when 9.0 came out, and was yet again disappointed seeing it didn't make it into 10.0 even. ... View more

I think this is on ESRI's TODO list already, but I'd like to be able to create property pages (a new layer properties dialog tab for example) with the new ArcGIS 10 Add-Ins. ... View more