topic Re: Programatic start of ArcGISExplorer in ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Questions

Programatic start of ArcGISExplorer

RobHaynes — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:02:04 GMT

With version 1700 I looked in the registry under the path "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ESRI\Explorer1700\InstallDir" to find the path to where it was installed. I then appended "bin\e3.exe" to the path and used "ShellExecute" to startup ArcGis Explorer. For version 1750, that registry path does not exist anymore.

How do I find the path to the ArcGISExplorer executable so I can start it from a separate program?

Re: Programatic start of ArcGISExplorer

JurajMalega — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:22:15 GMT

hi
try this...VB.NET

Dim path As String
path = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonProgramFiles)
or
path = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonProgramFilesX86)

Dim openExplorer As New Process
openExplorer.StartInfo.FileName = path + "\Explorer\bin\E3.exe"
openExplorer.Start()

hope its help!

Re: Programatic start of ArcGISExplorer

RobHaynes — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:28:01 GMT

That won't work if the user decides to choose a directory other than program files. In a 32-bit program if you open the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ESRI\Explorer1750 and look for InstallDir, you can get the path. If you are running 64-bit it will be HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ESRI\Explorer1750.

Re: Programatic start of ArcGISExplorer

ManojrajTeli — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:45:27 GMT

Process.Start("Path") can also serve the purpose