topic Re: Adding Custom tools to an add-in toolbar in ArcObjects SDK Questions

Adding Custom tools to an add-in toolbar

JessieParteno — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:46:24 GMT

Hi,

I have created multiple custom tools in VS 2008 and I want to add them to an add-in toolbar but i can't get it to work. When I create the toolbar I tried to add the Guid of the custom tools but they are not showing up in the toolbar when I add it to ArcMap. How do you add multiple custom tools to a custom toolbar?

Thanks,

Jessie

Re: Adding Custom tools to an add-in toolbar

JeffreyHamblin — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:57:34 GMT

Are you using the new "Add-in component" wizard to add the toolbar, and then using the "Items" on the wizard dialog to add the buttons? That process should update your Config.esriaddinx file.

I suggest you post the contents of your Config.esriaddinx file here.

-Jeff

Re: Adding Custom tools to an add-in toolbar

RuchiraWelikala — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:10:10 GMT

Hi,

I have created multiple custom tools in VS 2008 and I want to add them to an add-in toolbar but i can't get it to work. When I create the toolbar I tried to add the Guid of the custom tools but they are not showing up in the toolbar when I add it to ArcMap. How do you add multiple custom tools to a custom toolbar?

Thanks,

Jessie

Could we see the you're using to implement the GUIDs and which GUID are you using? (there are 3)

Re: Adding Custom tools to an add-in toolbar

RuchiraWelikala — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:14:11 GMT

Try out this thread... I asked this same question last year and someone helped me out.
http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/4951-custom-toolbar-vb.net

Best of luck.

Re: Adding Custom tools to an add-in toolbar

JohnHauck — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:20:55 GMT

First off, can you find your commands in the customize dialog (did they register correctly)? If not you may need to take another look at the tools or commands. Did you register with ESRIRegAsm? Secondly, use the ProgId rather than the GUID.

Your solutions config file may look like this:

<ArcMap>
      <Commands>
        <Button id="ArcMapAddin1_Button1" class="Button1" message="Add-in command generated by Visual Studio project wizard." caption="My Button" tip="Add-in command tooltip." category="Add-In Controls" image="Images\Button1.png" />
      </Commands>
      <Toolbars>
        <Toolbar id="myID" caption="caption" showInitially="true">
          <Items>
            <Button refID="ArcMapAddin1_Button1"/>
            <Button refID="ArcMapClassLibrary1.TestBaseCommand"/>
          </Items>
        </Toolbar>
      </Toolbars>
    </ArcMap>