topic Re: Problem with ArcGIS Engine not finding a license in ArcObjects SDK Questions

Problem with ArcGIS Engine not finding a license

MichaelEvans — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:33:11 GMT

Hi,

The create_shapefile C++ example fails to run with these messages:

Could not bind to a valid ArcGIS installation.

Could not bind to a valid ArcGIS installation.

Could not bind to a valid ArcGIS installation.

Could not bind to a valid ArcGIS installation.

Could not bind to a valid ArcGIS installation.

The engine and SDk have been installed and authorised without any problem. ArcGIS desktop runs fine without complaining about a license, just the ArcObject runtime.

This is stopping us from working so any ideas would be appreciated.

Michael

Re: Problem with ArcGIS Engine not finding a license

MichaelEvans — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:32:56 GMT

A bit more info. This sample code is where it fails:

bool InitAttemptWithoutExtension(esriLicenseProductCode product)
{
IAoInitializePtr ipInit(CLSID_AoInitialize);

esriLicenseStatus status = esriLicenseFailure;
HRESULT hr = ipInit->Initialize(product, &status);
return (status == esriLicenseCheckedOut);
}

The HR result says "Application can not be run more than once". There are no other esri apps running (or other visual studio instances). I even rebooted the machine to make sure that there were no background processes.

It is a single use license.

It has us stumped!

Re: Problem with ArcGIS Engine not finding a license

NeilClemmons — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:37:41 GMT

At ArcGIS 10 you have to bind to a product before attempting to check out a license. At the top of this page is a Help link. Follow that to the SDK help and there is a help topic on migrating your code to ArcGIS 10 that should help you.

Re: Problem with ArcGIS Engine not finding a license

MichaelEvans — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:02:57 GMT

Thanks for the lead.

It is not a migration, but one of ESRI's V10.0 samples. However, your suggestion led to this bug (http://support.esri.com/en/bugs/nimbus/TklNMDYxNjUx) regarding ARCGIS_VERSION not be defined.

All resolved now.