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Reusing Pro Command - question

TorbjørnDalløkken2 — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 12:11:45 GMT

I need to use the alignMiddle-command in my ArcGIS Pro Add-in, for aligning some elements on the layout. I've seen the article about Reusing Pro Command in the ProGuide. When I add the button for "esri_layouts_alignMiddle" in config.daml I'm able to run the command.

Is it possible to run this command without having to add the button to the ribbon?

Re: Reusing Pro Command - question

GKmieliauskas — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:27:47 GMT

Hi,

Yes, it is possible. Code below:

var pluginWrapper = FrameworkApplication.GetPlugInWrapper(id, true) as System.Windows.Input.ICommand; if (pluginWrapper != null) { if (pluginWrapper.CanExecute(null)) { pluginWrapper.Execute(null); } }

More info here

Re: Reusing Pro Command - question

Wolf — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 21:54:32 GMT

There is a community sample that shows different variations of reusing ProCommands:

arcgis-pro-sdk-community-samples/Framework/ReusingProCommands at master · ArcGIS/arcgis-pro-sdk-community-samples (github.com)

Re: Reusing Pro Command - question

TorbjørnDalløkken2 — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 14:49:05 GMT

@Wolf , @GKmieliauskas Does anyone of you know which conditions that needs to be met for the command "esri_layouts_alignMiddle" to be executed?

I've selected to elements from my layout, but CanExecute returns false

Re: Reusing Pro Command - question

Wolf — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 15:39:51 GMT

As far as i can tell from looking at ArcGISLayout.daml the following condition has to be met:

id="esri_layouts_selectedElementsNotPartsCondition"

The description for the condition says:

"Elements are selected in the active layout view and FORMAT selection is set to the whole element not a part."

I used your code and it's working fine for me:

protected override void OnClick() { try { LayoutView layoutView = LayoutView.Active; Layout layout = layoutView.Layout; var tmpTextElement = layout.FindElement("TestText 1"); var tmpPunktElement = layout.FindElement("Point"); layout.SelectElements(new List<ArcGIS.Desktop.Layouts.Element> { tmpTextElement, tmpPunktElement }); MessageBox.Show($@"Selected: {layout.GetSelectedElements().Count}"); var pluginWrapperDistributeAlignMiddle = FrameworkApplication.GetPlugInWrapper("esri_layouts_alignMiddle", true) as ICommand; if (pluginWrapperDistributeAlignMiddle != null) { if (pluginWrapperDistributeAlignMiddle.CanExecute(null)) { pluginWrapperDistributeAlignMiddle.Execute(null); } else MessageBox.Show("Can't execute"); } } catch (Exception ex) { MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); } }

These are my two sample elements to be aligned:

After the alignment button completes i see this:

Re: Reusing Pro Command - question

TorbjørnDalløkken2 — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:43:28 GMT

Thank you for testing, @Wolf and @GKmieliauskas .

I've now tried adding your code, @Wolf , and I get a confirmation that 2 elements in the layout is selected. However, the CanExecute(null) returns false and the elements are not aligned. You mentioned the condition-description:

"Elements are selected in the active layout view and FORMAT selection is set to the whole element not a part."

Since there are elements selected in the active layout view, then it must be something to do with the FORMAT selection. How do I set this to the whole element and not a part?

Do you have any other suggestions on how to align these, without the use of the align-command?