topic Re: Open Data Dialog in Stand-alone Application in ArcObjects SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/open-data-dialog-in-stand-alone-application/m-p/340240#M8928 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Hello,<BR /><BR />I am currently working on porting a stand-alone application using ArcObjects (a port from old VB6 code). Currently the application is using a GxDialog to select files from the file system. It looks like the GxDialog won't function if it's not used while inside of ArcMap or ArcCatalog. Is there something else that I could use that would allow for me to have a similar level of filter over the types of datasets the user would be looking for? For example shapefile, geodatabase feature class, table, etc. I had thought of using the Windows Forms open file dialog, but that won't allow me to get file geodatabase feature classes. Does anyone know of anything I can use?<BR /><BR />- Derrick</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The GxDialog works just fine in stand-alone applications but you must check out a Desktop license in order to use it (which also means that ArcGIS Desktop must be installed on the machine).&nbsp; If you are building your application using only ArcGIS Engine components then you can use the built-in Add Data tool.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:49:34 GMT NeilClemmons 2013-12-16T12:49:34Z Open Data Dialog in Stand-alone Application https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/open-data-dialog-in-stand-alone-application/m-p/340238#M8926 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am currently working on porting a stand-alone application using ArcObjects (a port from old VB6 code). Currently the application is using a GxDialog to select files from the file system. It looks like the GxDialog won't function if it's not used while inside of ArcMap or ArcCatalog. Is there something else that I could use that would allow for me to have a similar level of filter over the types of datasets the user would be looking for? For example shapefile, geodatabase feature class, table, etc. I had thought of using the Windows Forms open file dialog, but that won't allow me to get file geodatabase feature classes. Does anyone know of anything I can use?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>- Derrick</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:40:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/open-data-dialog-in-stand-alone-application/m-p/340238#M8926 DerrickPlotsky 2013-12-13T18:40:14Z Re: Open Data Dialog in Stand-alone Application https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/open-data-dialog-in-stand-alone-application/m-p/340239#M8927 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Why is the gxdialog not working? What makes you think that? Is there an error message?&nbsp; If you look at the archived forum some people suggest installing the interop extension to make it work but that was for 9.1...</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Dec 2013 21:32:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/open-data-dialog-in-stand-alone-application/m-p/340239#M8927 DuncanHornby 2013-12-13T21:32:14Z Re: Open Data Dialog in Stand-alone Application https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/open-data-dialog-in-stand-alone-application/m-p/340240#M8928 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Hello,<BR /><BR />I am currently working on porting a stand-alone application using ArcObjects (a port from old VB6 code). Currently the application is using a GxDialog to select files from the file system. It looks like the GxDialog won't function if it's not used while inside of ArcMap or ArcCatalog. Is there something else that I could use that would allow for me to have a similar level of filter over the types of datasets the user would be looking for? For example shapefile, geodatabase feature class, table, etc. I had thought of using the Windows Forms open file dialog, but that won't allow me to get file geodatabase feature classes. Does anyone know of anything I can use?<BR /><BR />- Derrick</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The GxDialog works just fine in stand-alone applications but you must check out a Desktop license in order to use it (which also means that ArcGIS Desktop must be installed on the machine).&nbsp; If you are building your application using only ArcGIS Engine components then you can use the built-in Add Data tool.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:49:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/open-data-dialog-in-stand-alone-application/m-p/340240#M8928 NeilClemmons 2013-12-16T12:49:34Z