Add-Ins Controls Not in the Commands list

[ShaningYu]

In my Desktop, I opened the Customize... window, the Add-Ins Contols is not in the Commands list.  How to fix it?  Thanks.

[LeoDonahue]

Did you create an Add-in for 3D Analyst?  Which folder name did you use when you deployed your add-in?

[ShaningYu]

Not 3D, just a regular one for Desktop.  Per the Help (http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2010/05/05/add-ins-for-arcgis-desktop-10/), the Add-Ins Control should be in the list of Cutomize window.  But it is not.  By the way, I can't add an add-in through its Add-In Manager.  Thanks.

[LeoDonahue]

Ok, let me rephrase that.

In .NET, don't you have a config file that let's you give names to things for your add-in, such as id, class, caption , category, image and etc?  Your add-in should be in whatever you name you gave to your category.

You don't add add-ins from the Add-in Manager.  If your add-in is listed in the Add-in Manager, then it should already be loaded.  You add the add-in from the customize window as you have already shown.

Try deleting your add-in from the Add-in Manager, recomplie your add-in and redeploy it.  Make sure you remember which category you used for deployment and then check in that category in the cutomize window.

[ShaningYu]

Following your advise, I did:
1)  The  FHWA RIP Tools.dll is in the \...\FHWA RIP Tools Test\References\.
2)  From Add-In Manager > Option, deleted the Add-in.
3)  Re-added the Add-in throught Add-In Manager > Option (see attached, Remark: I tried it last Friday and it worked).
4)  In Add-In Manager > Add-Ins window, the expected Add-In: FHWA RIP Tools, is still not loaded.
5)  From Customize > Costomize Mode ... > Commands, there is no such a category.

[LeoDonahue]

If the Add-in isn't listed in the Add-in Manager, then you haven't deployed it correctly.  Maybe you should follow the walkthrough and then let us know where you get stuck.
http://help.arcgis.com/en/sdk/10.0/arcobjects_net/conceptualhelp/0001/0001000001ms000000.htm  However, my environment is Java, so it is likely that I won't be able to respond much beyond this.


As for the other issue, look at the "Add-in file anatomy".  What category name did you use when you deployed your add-in?  I just want to make sure you are looking in the right place.
http://help.arcgis.com/en/sdk/10.0/arcobjects_net/conceptualhelp/0001/0001000000w2000000.htm

[ShaningYu · Accepted solution]

The problem was found to be .Net Framework related.  This morning I changed the version from 3.5 to 4.0, and then the problem occurred since FW 4.0 is not supported currently.  After I switched back to FW 3.5, I can see the Add-In tool in the list.  Thanks for your view and attention.