IGxDialog Unable to Open Shapefiles

MatsHardy — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 13:44:37 GMT

I have tried to use IGxDialog to open shapefiles by the codes below:

public static string getInputFile()
{
   string filename;
   IEnumGxObject enumGxObj;
   IGxObject gxObj;
   IGxObjectFilterCollection gxFilterColl;
   IGxDialog gxDialog;
   IGxObjectFilter gxObjFilter;

   filename = "";
   try
   {
       gxDialog = new GxDialog();
       gxFilterColl = (IGxObjectFilterCollection)gxDialog;
       gxDialog.AllowMultiSelect = false;
       gxObjFilter = new GxFilterShapefiles();
       //gxDialog.ObjectFilter = gxObjFilter;
       gxFilterColl.AddFilter(gxObjFilter, true);

       if (gxDialog.DoModalOpen(0, out enumGxObj))
       {
           gxObj = enumGxObj.Next();
           filename = gxObj.FullName;
           Logger.Debug("getInputFile filename = " + filename);
       }
   }
   catch (Exception ex)
   {
       Logger.Debug("getInputFile error: " + ex.Message);
   }

return filename;
}

But when the GxDialog is opened, the shapefiles are not found.

But the shapefiles are found in ArcCatalog

Are there any problems on the codes? Thanks.

Re: IGxDialog Unable to Open Shapefiles

GKmieliauskas — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 06:26:02 GMT

Hi Mats,

On ArcGIS 10.3 your code works fine. What is your version of ArcGIS?

Re: IGxDialog Unable to Open Shapefiles

MatsHardy — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:14:42 GMT

Thanks. My ArcMap and ArcObjects are both 10.7.

Re: IGxDialog Unable to Open Shapefiles

KenBuja — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:38:19 GMT

Do you need to limit this to only shapefiles or can any featureclass get selected? What happens when you use the GxFilterFeatureClasses filter?

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