Switch to the Description Tab in ArcCatalog

SeanFadum — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 17:18:36 GMT

I have a custom ArcCatalog application that I would like to have automatically switch to the Description Tab when the form opens. Does anyone know how to go about doing this?

Re: Switch to the Description Tab in ArcCatalog

DuncanHornby — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 18:20:02 GMT

Interesting question, never tried to program a change in the view.

I knocked together the following lines of VBA as proof of concept but the Activate method never works. Are there any ESRI developers that can explain what I have done wrong, does it even work?

Public Sub OpenDescription()
    Dim pUID As IUID
    Set pUID = New UID
    pUID.Value = "{B1DE27B1-D892-11D1-AA81-064342000000}" 'This is the Description Tab
    Dim pGXCat As IGxCatalog
    Dim pGxApp As IGxApplication
    Set pGxApp = Application
    Set pGXCat = pGxApp.Catalog
    Dim pGxViewContainer As IGxViewContainer
    Set pGxViewContainer = pGxApp
    Dim pGXView As IGxView
    Set pGXView = pGxViewContainer.FindView(pUID)
    pGXView.Activate pGxApp, pGXCat
End Sub

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Switch to the Description Tab in ArcCatalog

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