Latest Contributions by TimWhiteaker

When I click Uninstall, I get an error, and it seems like the uninstall failed because the Uninstall button is still enabled.  The error says "while trying to restore package" but that message didn't appear until I clicked Uninstall. ... View more

Using a string instead of a uri also works for me. Add(new GalleryItem("Item Text", "pack://application:,,,/MyDefaultNamespace;component/Thumbnails/my_png_image.png")); ... View more

Using a Uri helped, and it also appears that the pack URI needed to use my default namespace rather than the module id.  Here's my updated snippet which works, using a correct Pack URI and a Uri object.  Thanks Uma Harano‌! Add(new GalleryItem("Item Text", new Uri("pack://application:,,,/MyDefaultNamespace;component/Thumbnails/my_png_image.png"))); ... View more

I also tried hard-coding an image path on disk, but the image is still missing when I click the gallery drop down in the ribbon. var img = Image.FromFile(@"C:\my_images\my_png_image.png"); Add(new GalleryItem("Item Text", img)); Maybe I'm missing something about the requirements for images to be used for a gallery item?  That img is definitely not null when I pass it to the GalleryItem constructor. ... View more

I resolved my problem by setting "Embed Interop Types" to False for all ESRI.ArcGIS references. You can select all of those references in the solution explorer and change that property all at once. However, I didn't see an ADF error in my list though I do have a reference to ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF, so I suspect this will not solve the original post. ... View more

In my testing, running the add-in compiled for 10.3 works in ArcMap 10.4. However, some of my customers require the add-in to be compiled against the version of ArcGIS that they are actually using. ... View more

When I tried to build, I got hundreds of errors related to the numerous type changes between 10.3 and 10.4 [1]. Seems similar to your ADF missing type error.  I didn't see a utility to update the types in Visual Studio 2013. Is there an automated way to do this? [1] https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcobjects/latest/net/webframe.htm#d018a65d-574a-4964-a72c-77f16d1c4319.htm ... View more

I just tested in 10.1 and had the same result as Robert: No exception was thrown, but FixedAspectRatio remained true even after setting it to false.  However, I also found that the legend was able to adjust its width and height properties correctly without my intervention, so my solution of programmatically updating the size of the element containing the legend is no longer necessary in ArcGIS 10.1. ... View more

I see the source of confusion.  I should have provided more code in my example.  Below is a  more fully fleshed-out example, showing how the legend is initialized by creating a MapSurroundFrame with UID "esriCarto.Legend".  Today I also discovered that I needed to add the element to the layout after I'm finished working with the legend.  Otherwise, if I mess with the legend and try to reassign its geometry, the new geometry doesn't stick.  It keeps the original one. // Initialize a legend for the focus map IGraphicsContainer gc = ArcMap.Document.PageLayout as IGraphicsContainer; IActiveView av = gc as IActiveView; IMap map = av.FocusMap; IMapFrame mapFrame = gc.FindFrame(map) as IMapFrame; ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.IUID uid = new ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.UIDClass(); uid.Value = "esriCarto.Legend"; IMapSurroundFrame mapSurroundFrame = mapFrame.CreateSurroundFrame((ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.UID)uid, null); // Size it IQuerySize querySize = mapSurroundFrame.MapSurround as IQuerySize; Double w = 0; Double h = 0; querySize.QuerySize(ref w, ref h); Double aspectRatio = w / h; IEnvelope envelope = new EnvelopeClass(); // The legend is anchored with bottom left corner at x=1, y=2 // Not sure why aspect ratio matters -- just following Esri's example envelope.PutCoords(1, 2, (1 + 1), (2 + 1 / aspectRatio)); IElement element = mapSurroundFrame as IElement; element.Geometry = envelope; // Get the legend object and do something with it ILegend2 legend = mapSurroundFrame.MapSurround as ILegend2; // ... some work ... now assume the legend size has changed // Update size of element containing the legend querySize.QuerySize(ref w, ref h); // Convert from points to page units, e.g., inches w = av.ScreenDisplay.DisplayTransformation.FromPoints(w); h = av.ScreenDisplay.DisplayTransformation.FromPoints(h); envelope.PutCoords(1, 2, (1 + w), (2 + h)); element.Geometry = envelope; // Now add the element to the layout.  // If you add it earlier, from my experience, sometimes //   the new geometry you assign doesn't stick gc.AddElement(element, 0); ... View more