topic Re: Obtain list of toolbox items in toolbox at runtime? in ArcGIS Pro SDK Questions

Obtain list of toolbox items in toolbox at runtime?

JR99 — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 03:22:07 GMT

Is it possible to open an existing toolbox (*.tbx) and read the tools into a collection?

Something along the lines of:

var toolboxPath = "C:\Data\ToolboxExample.tbx";
var toolbox = Toolbox.Open(toolboxPath);
ToolboxItemsCollection toolboxItems = toolBox.GetToolsList();

I'm wanting to write a WPF usercontrol that displays a list of all the geoprocessing tools in the toolbox, rather than needing to access them through the Catalog. I won't know at compile time which tools are in the toolbox so adding them as buttons in the DAML is not an option.

Re: Obtain list of toolbox items in toolbox at runtime?

GKmieliauskas — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 15:06:48 GMT

Hi,

Code for toolbox content below:

If your toolbox is not added to project try to create it using ItemFactory:

var item = ItemFactory.Instance.Create(toolboxPath);

And add it to project.

More info here:

GeoprocessingProjectItem Class—ArcGIS Pro

Create Method (ItemFactory)—ArcGIS Pro

Re: Obtain list of toolbox items in toolbox at runtime?

JR99 — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 07:28:07 GMT

Thanks GintautasKmieliauskas! That's exactly what I was looking for.