Latest Contributions by RobChasan

Is the Feature ID field you are referencing the built in non-editable field that comes automatically with shape file feature classes, aka ObjectID in GDBs?  If it is, you shouldn't use it and you should define a separate field in the feature class.   ... View more

I should have been more specific.  This is when creating the mosaic dataset in a file gdb. An error message pops up in ArcMap and the layer does not even appear in the TOC.  A case was logged and an ESRI support analyst confirmed this behavior.  Apparently there is some documentation somewhere suggesting this might be normal behavior, if I understood the analyst properly.  Try it out yourself and see what happens. ... View more

Of course it is unrealistic to expect totally bug-free software, but Duri's comment does speak to the frustration that so many of us feel when using ArcMap software.  Everytime a new release is announced, we wonder what features that we have been using for years will be broken.  We wonder if a bug report that was filed years ago has finally been addressed.  We wonder what changes to the GUI will send us around the bend as we try to figure out where something has been moved to or if it has simplybeen removed without real notice. It is fair to say that most of us appreciate the complexity of the task before ESRI's programmers, but it is clear that the people who create and test the software are not using the software on a daily basis, otherwise so many of the bugs that are introducted and not fixed would never have been released in first place. This may be laughable to some, but we who have invested time, money and careers in using ESRI's products find ourselves constantly frustrated and this is no laughing matter. ... View more

I can answer this question myself. The problem wasn't with the ExtractByMask function, it was with the Geoprocessor Resample that was being done right afterwards.  (My mistake was in not catching the error properly.)  Once confirming that the extract was succeeding, it was fairly simple to use the CompositeBands function to use the 3-bands of interest from the extracted 4-bands and then feed the results of that to the Resample function. The results of the Resample function are as they should be. ... View more

You need to create a function called OpenPointDataset in your program.  It is not a built-in function. ... View more

Kylie, Let me give you an example of how programmatically via ArcObjects changing the addins location could be useful. Suppose you are in an environment where you need to have access to certain "well known" locations, but in fact you don't know all or any of which are available to you.  This might be because you are not necessarily a "gis" person, rather you use ArcMap as a business tool and all the functionality you need has been programmed in for you.  Now, also suppose that the admins have, for example, set up a table structure that consists of the users, their workgroups and the directories each is allowed to access. So, the first time you get into ArcMap you push a button and it sets up your add-in directories for you.  Or maybe every time you go into ArcMap, it checks your directories against the table and effects any changes that my have happened.  (This could also be because you may be accessing ArcMap from different machines and the settings necessarily have to be re-established.) And I can tell you that messing with the registry is something we prefer not to do.  In some environments, it is forbidden. This is only one example and for sure other users could probably come up with better ones.  In our place, we try to insulate the users from having to know where anything is.  Most of them have no clue as to how the various directories and connections are configured and they don't want to (or need to) know -- their business specialties are elsewhere.  If they did have to do all the configuring by themselves, then they would be less likely to use the software.  This way, with a single program and a single point of administration, the organization benefits from automated efficiencies. I hope this answers your question. Rob ... View more

Oops.  Made an error on the first point -- it should say:  "(1) Make the Snippet Finder window modeless". ... View more

That's what I was looking for. Thanks Kirk.  Hmm, how to assign you points? ... View more

Another thought:  After the line  "pNewFeat.Store();", consider changing "pEditor.StopEditing(true);"  to "pEditor2.StopEditing(true);" ... View more