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04-26-2012
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I can't seem to find anyone else with this problem, but I'm hoping maybe I'm missing something obvious!
I am writing an Editor Extension add-in using VB.net for ArcMap 10.
Once the user starts editing, I use a unique value renderer to display features, omitting some (the client wants features they have classified as 'inactive' to disappear - without being deleted - and my understanding is that a definition query won't work in an edit session, so I have modified the symbology instead).
After I set the renderer, I want the display to refresh to show the new symbology. However, ActiveView.Refresh, ActiveView.PartialRefresh, and ScreenDisplay.Invalidate will not work. There is no error, but the screen does not refresh. I have stepped through using the debugger and confirmed that the program execution does reach those lines, but after 'executing' those lines nothing happens. The TOC updates properly, but the view does not. I can manually click the refresh button and it refreshes just fine, but I can't seem to make it work programmatically.
I have tried brute forcing it by using ActiveView.Deactivate followed by ActiveView.Activate, and this does cause a screen refresh, but then when I try to draw the point, the mouse pointer and the marker symbol indicating the potential location of the new point are offset by about 4 inches.
I'm completely at a loss here. Any ideas?
I've included an exerpt from my code below (this is done nearly identically for 4 feature layers, so normally the select case would have 3 more entries, but I simplified it for this post). Thanks!!
'define the colors to use in the renderers
Dim pOutlineColor As New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.RgbColor
Dim pStructureColor As New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.RgbColor
'make the structure outline color black
pOutlineColor.Red = 0
pOutlineColor.Blue = 0
pOutlineColor.Green= 0
'make the structure center color macaw green
pStructureColor.Red = 152
pStructureColor.Blue = 0
pStructureColor.Green = 230
'create the symbols
Dim pStructureSymbol As New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.SimpleMarkerSymbol
'construct the structures symbol
pStructureSymbol.Style = ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.esriSimpleMarkerStyle.esriSMSCircle
pStructureSymbol.Size = 4
pStructureSymbol.Outline = True
pStructureSymbol.OutlineSize = 1
pStructureSymbol.OutlineColor = pOutlineColor
pStructureSymbol.Color = pStructureColor
'define renderers
Dim pStructureRenderer As New ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.UniqueValueRenderer
'set the fields used in the renderers - we'll just have one, the 'Active' field
'set usedefaultsymbol to false so that inactive features
'will not draw (i.e., if Active <> 1 or Null)
'structures renderer
With pStructureRenderer
.FieldCount = 1
.Field(0) = "Active"
.UseDefaultSymbol = False
'add "1" to the value list for the renderer - i.e., display "1" values using pStructureSymbol
.AddValue("1", "Active", pStructureSymbol)
.Label("1") = "Active"
'add "<Null>" to the value list for the renderer using the same symbology as "1"
.AddReferenceValue("<Null>", "1")
'tell it we're using our own custom style
.ColorScheme = "Custom"
'tell it the field type for the 'Active' field is not a string (it's an integer)
.FieldType(0) = False
End With
Dim pLayer As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.ILayer
Dim pFeatureLayer As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IFeatureLayer2
Dim pGeoFeatureLayerStructures As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IGeoFeatureLayer
'this makes the layer properties symbology tab show
'the correct interface.
Dim pPropertyPage As ESRI.ArcGIS.CartoUI.IRendererPropertyPage
pPropertyPage = New ESRI.ArcGIS.CartoUI.UniqueValuePropertyPage
Do Until pLayer Is Nothing
If TypeOf (pLayer) Is ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IFeatureLayer2 Then
pFeatureLayer = pLayer
If pFeatureLayer.FeatureClass.FindField("Active") > 0 Then 'only set the renderer if there is an 'active' field in the layer
Select Case pFeatureLayer.FeatureClass.AliasName
Case strStructuresLayerName
pGeoFeatureLayerStructures = pFeatureLayer
pGeoFeatureLayerStructures.Renderer = pStructureRenderer
pGeoFeatureLayerStructures.DisplayField = "Active"
pGeoFeatureLayerStructures.RendererPropertyPageClassID = pPropertyPage.ClassID
End Select
End If
pFeatureLayer = Nothing
End If
pLayer = pEnumLayers.Next
Loop
My.Document.ActiveView.ContentsChanged()
My.Document.UpdateContents()
My.Document.ActiveView.Refresh() 'this does nothing
'This also does nothing:
'My.Document.ActiveView.PartialRefresh(ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.esriViewDrawPhase.esriViewAll, Nothing, pActiveView.Extent)
'This also does nothing:
'My.ThisApplication.Display.Invalidate(My.Document.ActiveView.Extent, False, ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.esriScreenCache.esriNoScreenCache)
'this makes the screen go blank:
'Dim pMaps As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IMaps
'pMaps = My.Document.Maps
'My.Document.ActiveView = My.Document.PageLayout
'My.Document.ActiveView = pMaps.Item(0)
'My.Document.ActiveView.Refresh()
'this makes the cursor and the point to be drawn offset by about 4 inches:
'Dim pActiveView As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IActiveView
'pActiveView = My.Document.FocusMap
'pActiveView.Deactivate()
'pActiveView.Activate(My.ThisApplication.Display.hWnd)
I am writing an Editor Extension add-in using VB.net for ArcMap 10.
Once the user starts editing, I use a unique value renderer to display features, omitting some (the client wants features they have classified as 'inactive' to disappear - without being deleted - and my understanding is that a definition query won't work in an edit session, so I have modified the symbology instead).
After I set the renderer, I want the display to refresh to show the new symbology. However, ActiveView.Refresh, ActiveView.PartialRefresh, and ScreenDisplay.Invalidate will not work. There is no error, but the screen does not refresh. I have stepped through using the debugger and confirmed that the program execution does reach those lines, but after 'executing' those lines nothing happens. The TOC updates properly, but the view does not. I can manually click the refresh button and it refreshes just fine, but I can't seem to make it work programmatically.
I have tried brute forcing it by using ActiveView.Deactivate followed by ActiveView.Activate, and this does cause a screen refresh, but then when I try to draw the point, the mouse pointer and the marker symbol indicating the potential location of the new point are offset by about 4 inches.
I'm completely at a loss here. Any ideas?
I've included an exerpt from my code below (this is done nearly identically for 4 feature layers, so normally the select case would have 3 more entries, but I simplified it for this post). Thanks!!
'define the colors to use in the renderers
Dim pOutlineColor As New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.RgbColor
Dim pStructureColor As New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.RgbColor
'make the structure outline color black
pOutlineColor.Red = 0
pOutlineColor.Blue = 0
pOutlineColor.Green= 0
'make the structure center color macaw green
pStructureColor.Red = 152
pStructureColor.Blue = 0
pStructureColor.Green = 230
'create the symbols
Dim pStructureSymbol As New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.SimpleMarkerSymbol
'construct the structures symbol
pStructureSymbol.Style = ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.esriSimpleMarkerStyle.esriSMSCircle
pStructureSymbol.Size = 4
pStructureSymbol.Outline = True
pStructureSymbol.OutlineSize = 1
pStructureSymbol.OutlineColor = pOutlineColor
pStructureSymbol.Color = pStructureColor
'define renderers
Dim pStructureRenderer As New ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.UniqueValueRenderer
'set the fields used in the renderers - we'll just have one, the 'Active' field
'set usedefaultsymbol to false so that inactive features
'will not draw (i.e., if Active <> 1 or Null)
'structures renderer
With pStructureRenderer
.FieldCount = 1
.Field(0) = "Active"
.UseDefaultSymbol = False
'add "1" to the value list for the renderer - i.e., display "1" values using pStructureSymbol
.AddValue("1", "Active", pStructureSymbol)
.Label("1") = "Active"
'add "<Null>" to the value list for the renderer using the same symbology as "1"
.AddReferenceValue("<Null>", "1")
'tell it we're using our own custom style
.ColorScheme = "Custom"
'tell it the field type for the 'Active' field is not a string (it's an integer)
.FieldType(0) = False
End With
Dim pLayer As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.ILayer
Dim pFeatureLayer As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IFeatureLayer2
Dim pGeoFeatureLayerStructures As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IGeoFeatureLayer
'this makes the layer properties symbology tab show
'the correct interface.
Dim pPropertyPage As ESRI.ArcGIS.CartoUI.IRendererPropertyPage
pPropertyPage = New ESRI.ArcGIS.CartoUI.UniqueValuePropertyPage
Do Until pLayer Is Nothing
If TypeOf (pLayer) Is ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IFeatureLayer2 Then
pFeatureLayer = pLayer
If pFeatureLayer.FeatureClass.FindField("Active") > 0 Then 'only set the renderer if there is an 'active' field in the layer
Select Case pFeatureLayer.FeatureClass.AliasName
Case strStructuresLayerName
pGeoFeatureLayerStructures = pFeatureLayer
pGeoFeatureLayerStructures.Renderer = pStructureRenderer
pGeoFeatureLayerStructures.DisplayField = "Active"
pGeoFeatureLayerStructures.RendererPropertyPageClassID = pPropertyPage.ClassID
End Select
End If
pFeatureLayer = Nothing
End If
pLayer = pEnumLayers.Next
Loop
My.Document.ActiveView.ContentsChanged()
My.Document.UpdateContents()
My.Document.ActiveView.Refresh() 'this does nothing
'This also does nothing:
'My.Document.ActiveView.PartialRefresh(ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.esriViewDrawPhase.esriViewAll, Nothing, pActiveView.Extent)
'This also does nothing:
'My.ThisApplication.Display.Invalidate(My.Document.ActiveView.Extent, False, ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.esriScreenCache.esriNoScreenCache)
'this makes the screen go blank:
'Dim pMaps As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IMaps
'pMaps = My.Document.Maps
'My.Document.ActiveView = My.Document.PageLayout
'My.Document.ActiveView = pMaps.Item(0)
'My.Document.ActiveView.Refresh()
'this makes the cursor and the point to be drawn offset by about 4 inches:
'Dim pActiveView As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IActiveView
'pActiveView = My.Document.FocusMap
'pActiveView.Deactivate()
'pActiveView.Activate(My.ThisApplication.Display.hWnd)
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04-30-2012
11:00 AM
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I have come across a rather strange workaround, so I figured I should post in case anyone else has this issue in the future.
As far as I can tell, this issue was occurring because I was trying to refresh the view as part of my OnStartEditing event handling (this seems to be a bug, and I've reported it to the lady I was working with at ESRI support on this issue). In my editor extension, the OnStartup wired the OnStartEditing event handler, and the OnStartEditing event handler tried to create the renderer and refresh the view.
I decided that rather than immediately enabling the capabilities of my extension when the editing session starts, I wanted to have the user click a button to enable the capabilities. I'll skip over all my reasoning on that as it's irrelevant to the issue at hand.
What is relevant is that I moved the call to the rendering routine (CreateRenderer) (with the code as previously posted) OUT of the OnStartEditing event handler and INTO my new button click event. So, the new flow is something like this:
On Startup --> Enable new custom button, Wire OnStartEditing and OnStopEditing
Custom button click --> run CreateRenderer subroutine
And voila! All the sudden my screen actually refreshes. I want to emphasize that I changed NOTHING in the CreateRenderer subroutine - I just moved the call to it out of the OnStartEditing Event and into the new button click event.
If I do hear back from ESRI about this issue I'll post any additional relevant information.
As far as I can tell, this issue was occurring because I was trying to refresh the view as part of my OnStartEditing event handling (this seems to be a bug, and I've reported it to the lady I was working with at ESRI support on this issue). In my editor extension, the OnStartup wired the OnStartEditing event handler, and the OnStartEditing event handler tried to create the renderer and refresh the view.
I decided that rather than immediately enabling the capabilities of my extension when the editing session starts, I wanted to have the user click a button to enable the capabilities. I'll skip over all my reasoning on that as it's irrelevant to the issue at hand.
What is relevant is that I moved the call to the rendering routine (CreateRenderer) (with the code as previously posted) OUT of the OnStartEditing event handler and INTO my new button click event. So, the new flow is something like this:
On Startup --> Enable new custom button, Wire OnStartEditing and OnStopEditing
Custom button click --> run CreateRenderer subroutine
And voila! All the sudden my screen actually refreshes. I want to emphasize that I changed NOTHING in the CreateRenderer subroutine - I just moved the call to it out of the OnStartEditing Event and into the new button click event.
If I do hear back from ESRI about this issue I'll post any additional relevant information.
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04-26-2012
06:10 AM
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Here's code I'm using in my Editor Extension that will apply a new renderer to a layer and it correctly updates the TOC and map. This extension allows you to create a classification scheme that can be used in point, line, or polygon datasets, so I'm creating a unique value renderer for each type. This way, the color selection will be the same for each dataset it's applied to. I'm storing the renderer information in a dictionary (theDict), which also contains information about all the different of values that are used in the classification scheme. These are stored as numeric keys within the dictionary. This code for the first routine is shown below. The code for CreateRenderer will be in the following post.
However, I am having a problem with another associated script that creates a new feature class and applies the renderer to it. I'm using the same logic as in this script, but it's not updating the TOC.
However, I am having a problem with another associated script that creates a new feature class and applies the renderer to it. I'm using the same logic as in this script, but it's not updating the TOC.
Protected Overrides Sub OnClick()
Dim pCV As ESRI.ArcGIS.ArcMapUI.IContentsView
Dim pGFLayer As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IGeoFeatureLayer
Dim pLayer As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.ILayer
Dim pRPPage As ESRI.ArcGIS.CartoUI.IRendererPropertyPage
Dim pSet As ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.ISet = New ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.Set
Dim ShapeType As String
Try
If Not theDict.ContainsKey("HDX.Point Legend") Then CreateRenderer()
pCV = My.ArcMap.Document.CurrentContentsView
If TypeOf pCV.SelectedItem Is ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IGeoFeatureLayer Then
pGFLayer = pCV.SelectedItem
If pGFLayer.FeatureClass.ShapeType = ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.esriGeometryType.esriGeometryPoint Then
ShapeType = "Point"
ElseIf pGFLayer.FeatureClass.ShapeType = ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.esriGeometryType.esriGeometryPolyline Then
ShapeType = "Line"
ElseIf pGFLayer.FeatureClass.ShapeType = ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.esriGeometryType.esriGeometryPolygon Then
ShapeType = "Polygon"
Else
Exit Sub
End If
pGFLayer.Renderer = theDict.Item("HDX." & ShapeType & " Legend")
pRPPage = New ESRI.ArcGIS.CartoUI.UniqueValuePropertyPage
pGFLayer.RendererPropertyPageClassID = pRPPage.ClassID
ElseIf TypeOf pCV.SelectedItem Is ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.ISet Then
pSet = pCV.SelectedItem
pLayer = pSet.Next
Do Until pLayer Is Nothing
If TypeOf pLayer Is ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IGeoFeatureLayer Then
pGFLayer = pLayer
If pGFLayer.FeatureClass.ShapeType = ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.esriGeometryType.esriGeometryPoint Or pGFLayer.FeatureClass.ShapeType = ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.esriGeometryType.esriGeometryPolyline Or pGFLayer.FeatureClass.ShapeType = ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.esriGeometryType.esriGeometryPolygon Then
If pGFLayer.FeatureClass.ShapeType = ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.esriGeometryType.esriGeometryPoint Then
ShapeType = "Point"
ElseIf pGFLayer.FeatureClass.ShapeType = ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.esriGeometryType.esriGeometryPolyline Then
ShapeType = "Line"
ElseIf pGFLayer.FeatureClass.ShapeType = ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.esriGeometryType.esriGeometryPolygon Then
ShapeType = "Polygon"
Else
Exit Sub
End If
pGFLayer.Renderer = theDict.Item("HDX." & ShapeType & " Legend")
pRPPage = New ESRI.ArcGIS.CartoUI.UniqueValuePropertyPage
pGFLayer.RendererPropertyPageClassID = pRPPage.ClassID
End If
End If
pLayer = pSet.Next
Loop
End If
My.ArcMap.Document.ActiveView.ContentsChanged()
My.ArcMap.Document.UpdateContents()
My.ArcMap.Document.ActiveView.Refresh()
Catch ex As Exception
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString, "Create Legend error")
End Try
End Sub
04-26-2012
06:11 AM
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Friend Sub CreateRenderer()
Dim FieldInfo() As Object
Dim IsOK As Boolean
Dim ItemCount As Integer = 0
Dim ItemList() As Object
Dim LegendText As String
Dim pBlack As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.IRgbColor = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.RgbColor
Dim pLineColorEnum As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.IEnumColors
Dim pLineSym As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.ISimpleLineSymbol = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.SimpleLineSymbol
Dim pLineUVRenderer As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IUniqueValueRenderer = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.UniqueValueRenderer
Dim pPink As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.IRgbColor = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.RgbColor
Dim pPointColorEnum As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.IEnumColors
Dim pPointSym As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.ISimpleMarkerSymbol = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.SimpleMarkerSymbol
Dim pPointUVRenderer As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IUniqueValueRenderer = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.UniqueValueRenderer
Dim pPolygonColorEnum As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.IEnumColors
Dim pPolygonOutline As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.ISimpleLineSymbol = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.SimpleLineSymbol
Dim pPolygonSym As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.ISimpleFillSymbol = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.SimpleFillSymbol
Dim pPolygonUVRenderer As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IUniqueValueRenderer = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.UniqueValueRenderer
Dim pRColorRamp As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.IColorRamp = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.RandomColorRamp
Dim pRed As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.IRgbColor = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.RgbColor
Try
For Each Key As Object In theDict.Keys
If IsNumeric(Key) Then ItemCount += 1
If CStr(Key) = "HDX.Field0" Then FieldInfo = theDict.Item(Key)
Next
pRColorRamp.Size = ItemCount
pRColorRamp.CreateRamp(IsOK)
If Not IsOK Then
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("There was a problem in creating the legends for this scheme.", "No legends created", Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons.OK, Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon.Warning)
Exit Sub
End If
pPointColorEnum = pRColorRamp.Colors
pLineColorEnum = pRColorRamp.Colors
pPolygonColorEnum = pRColorRamp.Colors
pBlack.RGB = RGB(0, 0, 0)
pRed.RGB = RGB(255, 0, 0)
pPink.RGB = RGB(255, 190, 232)
pPointSym.Color = pRed
pPointSym.Size = 6
pPointSym.Style = ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.esriSimpleMarkerStyle.esriSMSX
With pPointUVRenderer
.FieldCount = 1
.Field(0) = FieldInfo(1)
.DefaultLabel = "Incorrectly classified"
.DefaultSymbol = pPointSym
.UseDefaultSymbol = True
End With
pLineSym.Color = pRed
pLineSym.Width = 2
pLineSym.Style = ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.esriSimpleLineStyle.esriSLSDash
With pLineUVRenderer
.FieldCount = 1
.Field(0) = FieldInfo(1)
.DefaultLabel = "Incorrectly classified"
.DefaultSymbol = pLineSym
.UseDefaultSymbol = True
End With
pPolygonOutline.Color = pRed
pPolygonOutline.Width = 2
pPolygonSym.Color = pPink
pPolygonSym.Outline = pPolygonOutline
With pPolygonUVRenderer
.FieldCount = 1
.Field(0) = FieldInfo(1)
.DefaultLabel = "Incorrectly classified"
.DefaultSymbol = pPolygonSym
.UseDefaultSymbol = True
End With
For Each Key As Object In theDict.Keys
If IsNumeric(Key) Then
pPointSym = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.SimpleMarkerSymbol
pPointSym.Color = pPointColorEnum.Next
pPointSym.Size = 6
pPointSym.Style = ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.esriSimpleMarkerStyle.esriSMSCircle
pLineSym = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.SimpleLineSymbol
pLineSym.Color = pLineColorEnum.Next
pLineSym.Width = 0.4
pPolygonSym = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.SimpleFillSymbol
pPolygonOutline = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.SimpleLineSymbol
pPolygonSym.Color = pPolygonColorEnum.Next
pPolygonOutline.Color = pBlack
pPolygonOutline.Width = 0.4
pPolygonSym.Outline = pPolygonOutline
ItemList = theDict.Item(Key)
LegendText = ""
For i As Integer = 1 To ItemList.GetUpperBound(0)
LegendText = LegendText & ItemList(i) & " | "
Next
LegendText = Left(LegendText, Len(LegendText) - 3)
With pPointUVRenderer
.AddValue(Key, "Description", pPointSym)
.Label(Key) = LegendText
.Symbol(Key) = pPointSym
End With
With pLineUVRenderer
.AddValue(Key, "Description", pLineSym)
.Label(Key) = LegendText
.Symbol(Key) = pLineSym
End With
With pPolygonUVRenderer
.AddValue(Key, "Description", pPolygonSym)
.Label(Key) = LegendText
.Symbol(Key) = pPolygonSym
End With
End If
Next
If theDict.ContainsKey("HDX.Point Legend") Then theDict.Remove("HDX.Point Legend")
theDict.Add("HDX.Point Legend", pPointUVRenderer)
If theDict.ContainsKey("HDX.Line Legend") Then theDict.Remove("HDX.Line Legend")
theDict.Add("HDX.Line Legend", pLineUVRenderer)
If theDict.ContainsKey("HDX.Polygon Legend") Then theDict.Remove("HDX.Polygon Legend")
theDict.Add("HDX.Polygon Legend", pPolygonUVRenderer)
Catch ex As Exception
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString, "CreateRenderer")
End Try
End Sub
04-26-2012
06:24 AM
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Thanks for your post, but in essence you seem to be taking the same steps I take, though your renderer definition is more complicated. This just further confuses me as to why my code isn't working!
04-30-2012
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I have come across a rather strange workaround, so I figured I should post in case anyone else has this issue in the future.
As far as I can tell, this issue was occurring because I was trying to refresh the view as part of my OnStartEditing event handling (this seems to be a bug, and I've reported it to the lady I was working with at ESRI support on this issue). In my editor extension, the OnStartup wired the OnStartEditing event handler, and the OnStartEditing event handler tried to create the renderer and refresh the view.
I decided that rather than immediately enabling the capabilities of my extension when the editing session starts, I wanted to have the user click a button to enable the capabilities. I'll skip over all my reasoning on that as it's irrelevant to the issue at hand.
What is relevant is that I moved the call to the rendering routine (CreateRenderer) (with the code as previously posted) OUT of the OnStartEditing event handler and INTO my new button click event. So, the new flow is something like this:
On Startup --> Enable new custom button, Wire OnStartEditing and OnStopEditing
Custom button click --> run CreateRenderer subroutine
And voila! All the sudden my screen actually refreshes. I want to emphasize that I changed NOTHING in the CreateRenderer subroutine - I just moved the call to it out of the OnStartEditing Event and into the new button click event.
If I do hear back from ESRI about this issue I'll post any additional relevant information.
As far as I can tell, this issue was occurring because I was trying to refresh the view as part of my OnStartEditing event handling (this seems to be a bug, and I've reported it to the lady I was working with at ESRI support on this issue). In my editor extension, the OnStartup wired the OnStartEditing event handler, and the OnStartEditing event handler tried to create the renderer and refresh the view.
I decided that rather than immediately enabling the capabilities of my extension when the editing session starts, I wanted to have the user click a button to enable the capabilities. I'll skip over all my reasoning on that as it's irrelevant to the issue at hand.
What is relevant is that I moved the call to the rendering routine (CreateRenderer) (with the code as previously posted) OUT of the OnStartEditing event handler and INTO my new button click event. So, the new flow is something like this:
On Startup --> Enable new custom button, Wire OnStartEditing and OnStopEditing
Custom button click --> run CreateRenderer subroutine
And voila! All the sudden my screen actually refreshes. I want to emphasize that I changed NOTHING in the CreateRenderer subroutine - I just moved the call to it out of the OnStartEditing Event and into the new button click event.
If I do hear back from ESRI about this issue I'll post any additional relevant information.
05-03-2012
03:36 AM
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ESRI support has confirmed that I have found a bug in ArcGIS 10 and has submitted a bug report for it (bug NIM080497). The specific bug is that IActiveView::Refresh does not work when called inside an IEditEvents.OnStartEditing event handler. They didn't mention when this might be fixed.
05-03-2012
06:11 AM
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By the way, I was able to solve my problem with the view not refreshing after applying a renderer. In my case, I had a routine to create a new featureclass and apply a renderer, but new layer wouldn't get the renderer applied to it. I had a separate routine to just apply a renderer to a selected layer, which did work properly. So I ended up just calling that separate routine at the end of the create new featureclass routine and the renderer was applied as expected. Maybe it's a related bug.
