topic Re: Accessing Custom Tool From Within Released Add-In in ArcGIS Pro SDK Questions

Accessing Custom Tool From Within Released Add-In

RussellSuter — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 19:22:14 GMT

Hey All,

I have managed to create an add-in for ArcGIS Pro 3.1 that I'm ready to deploy to my user base. My add-in calls a python GeoProcessing tool which is in my AddIn.esriAddinX file. The problem is my code can't find it. I ran across something awhile back that suggested I do something like this:

string here = System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(); string script = System.IO.Path.Combine(here, @"Toolboxes\Tools.atbx\BuildGeoPackage");

This worked great while building and running the Debug configuration. Now though, when building for Release, it doesn't work. The "here" string references the user's Desktop folder but the add-in is in Documents\ArcGIS\AddIns\ArcGISPro\{uuid}\AddIn.esriAddinX.

How do I get the actual install folder and then once there how do I peek into the .esriAddinX file?

Re: Accessing Custom Tool From Within Released Add-In

RichardDaniels — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 20:01:50 GMT

Suggest you place the code on a network share drive, thus you don't have to deploy the python code to every machine. Then the path would be \\myserver\mypythongcode\thecode.py

Re: Accessing Custom Tool From Within Released Add-In

RussellSuter — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 20:47:52 GMT

That is a nice idea but, for a couple of reasons I won't go into here, I can't do that.

Re: Accessing Custom Tool From Within Released Add-In

RussellSuter — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 19:38:16 GMT

This appears to work for both Debug and Release:

string here = Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);