I have a custom ArcCatalog application that I would like to have automatically switch to the Description Tab when the form opens. Does anyone know how to go about doing this?
Interesting question, never tried to program a change in the view.
I knocked together the following lines of VBA as proof of concept but the Activate method never works. Are there any ESRI developers that can explain what I have done wrong, does it even work?
Public Sub OpenDescription()
Dim pUID As IUID
Set pUID = New UID
pUID.Value = "{B1DE27B1-D892-11D1-AA81-064342000000}" 'This is the Description Tab
Dim pGXCat As IGxCatalog
Dim pGxApp As IGxApplication
Set pGxApp = Application
Set pGXCat = pGxApp.Catalog
Dim pGxViewContainer As IGxViewContainer
Set pGxViewContainer = pGxApp
Dim pGXView As IGxView
Set pGXView = pGxViewContainer.FindView(pUID)
pGXView.Activate pGxApp, pGXCat
End Sub