topic Dockable window: how to close, to refresh, to reload, to listen to ArcMap evetns in ArcObjects SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/dockable-window-how-to-close-to-refresh-to-reload/m-p/762093#M20184 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi all</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am writting my first Add-In with VS 2008, Arcmap 2011 and created a data entry form with a dockable window.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I would like to know:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; - how to close a dockable window, by default it looks like it hides, sho when clicking again the button it shows the form but its content does not get refershed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; - my form read the selected features from a layer and displays a data entry form where the user enters only attributes. But if when users select another feature in the same layer how can I refresh my dockable window, to show the new ferature. What event?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; - is it better to use a regular windows form</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>please advise</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:55:14 GMT JoseSanchez 2011-10-25T10:55:14Z Dockable window: how to close, to refresh, to reload, to listen to ArcMap evetns https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/dockable-window-how-to-close-to-refresh-to-reload/m-p/762093#M20184 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi all</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am writting my first Add-In with VS 2008, Arcmap 2011 and created a data entry form with a dockable window.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I would like to know:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; - how to close a dockable window, by default it looks like it hides, sho when clicking again the button it shows the form but its content does not get refershed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; - my form read the selected features from a layer and displays a data entry form where the user enters only attributes. But if when users select another feature in the same layer how can I refresh my dockable window, to show the new ferature. What event?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; - is it better to use a regular windows form</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>please advise</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:55:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/dockable-window-how-to-close-to-refresh-to-reload/m-p/762093#M20184 JoseSanchez 2011-10-25T10:55:14Z Re: Dockable window: how to close, to refresh, to reload, to listen to ArcMap evetns https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/dockable-window-how-to-close-to-refresh-to-reload/m-p/762094#M20185 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You want to set up the layer's feature selection changed event (IFeatureLayerSelectionEvents) to let you know users made a selection change.&nbsp; In the event handler routine you would refresh the form with attributes from the new feature.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:13:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/dockable-window-how-to-close-to-refresh-to-reload/m-p/762094#M20185 SteveFang 2011-10-25T23:13:48Z