topic Re: onclick event for add-in tool ? in ArcObjects SDK Questions

onclick event for add-in tool ?

helenchu — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:12:20 GMT

All,
What I'm trying to achive is to create a addin tool with both onclick and mousedown events. When users click on the tool, a input box will popup, users enter a value then they click on the map to place that text on the position they want. I could get the mousedown events fires ok but I can't seem to find the onclick event for a add-in tool. I tried Protected Overrides Sub OnDoubleClick() nothing fires. Thank you for your help.

Re: onclick event for add-in tool ?

Venkata_RaoTammineni — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:48:00 GMT

All,
What I'm trying to achive is to create a addin tool with both onclick and mousedown events. When users click on the tool, a input box will popup, users enter a value then they click on the map to place that text on the position they want. I could get the mousedown events fires ok but I can't seem to find the onclick event for a add-in tool. I tried Protected Overrides Sub OnDoubleClick() nothing fires. Thank you for your help.

Use BaseTool..

Re: onclick event for add-in tool ?

Anonymous User — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:48:08 GMT

Original User: KSigwart

When using the AddIn Tool, what you are looking for is the OnActivate() method. It is essentially the same thing as the OnClick event within BaseTool or the ITool in previous versions. When the Tool is selected in the toolbar it gets compressed and the OnActivate method is fired off. Then when a new tool is selected, the tool is delselected and the deActivate method is fired off.

Re: onclick event for add-in tool ?

KenBuja — Wed, 25 May 2011 15:01:12 GMT

Here's another way that I'm using in my add-in. I have a form (DrawFeature) containing buttons for different polygons the user can create on screen: buffered points, polygons, freehand polygons, and rectangles. I also have a tool (DrawTool) that is called when one of the buttons on that form is pushed. I'm using a global variable (DrawFeatureType) to pass what type of feature is being created.

I've attached the code since it's too long to post.

Re: onclick event for add-in tool ?

Anonymous User — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:34:57 GMT

Original User: priyanka_mehta

Hi,

I was trying your code for draw point

It gives error on select case line "Select Case Globals.DrawFeatureType"

Is there any more reference that needs to be added to identify this.

another place is m_DrawFeature.Visible = True
what is m_DrawFeature referring to ? It is not declared in the code.

Moreover, what i am trying to do is simply trigger mouse down event through a button on form

In detail, what I want to do is ... create a point on screen and grab its XY coordinate.

On versions previous to 10, I used to do it via UI Tool control. I am really stuck with this thing here.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
Priyanka