topic Using Application Startup Event in Add-in in ArcGIS Pro SDK Questions

Using Application Startup Event in Add-in

AlexanderFischer — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:44:13 GMT

I am developing an ArcGIS Pro Add-In (not ArcGIS Pro Configuration). In my Add-in project, is there any way to get notified and execute some code when the user opens up the ArcGIS Pro application? I know that there is a class called ApplicationStartupEvent, but in order to use this class I need to subscribe to it first without having the user click on something in the ribbon. Is this possible? Or is it true that using ArcGIS Pro Configuration is the only way to achieve this?

Re: Using Application Startup Event in Add-in

Anonymous User — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:43:33 GMT

Zeno,

In an add-in i would usually hook into the project opened event.

You can do this in your add-in module class by overriding the initialize call.

    protected override bool Initialize()
    {
      //listen to project open/close events
      ProjectOpenedEvent.Subscribe(onProjectOpened);
      ProjectClosedEvent.Subscribe(onProjectClosed);

      return true;
    }‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Re: Using Application Startup Event in Add-in

UmaHarano — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:43:36 GMT

Zeno,

In your add-in's config.daml, modify the autoLoad attribute to be true. This will allow your add-in to load automatically instead of waiting for a click on the ribbon. This attribute is located in the insertModule element.

<AddInInfo>
....
</AddInInfo>
  <modules>
 <insertModule autoLoad="true" caption="Module1">‍
....‍‍‍‍‍‍
</insertModule>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Re: Using Application Startup Event in Add-in

AlexanderFischer — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 07:38:41 GMT

Thank you, that's exactly what I was looking for.