Latest Contributions by FreddieGibson

I executed my sample and everything appears to be running fine on my end. I uploaded my sample to this discussion for everyone to be able to download it. Could you send me your email address so that I can forward it to you if you're still unable to download it from geonet? ... View more

What are the geoprocessing messages you're getting from the local server? ... View more

I'll just paste the code below for you to use in your project. You'll just need to create the gpk and reference it within the code, and update the parameters provided to it. I believe the last tool I used was the Copy Features tool. You should be able to use any tool that creates an output shapefile (i.e. Copy Features, Feature Class to Feature Class, Select, etc.). *** XAML *** <Window x:Class="CopyFeatures.MainWindow"         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"         xmlns:esri="http://schemas.esri.com/arcgis/runtime/2013"   Title="Copy Features GP" Height="700" Width="800">     <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">         <Grid.Resources>             <esri:SimpleLineSymbol x:Key="ResultLineSymbol" Color="Red" Style="Solid" Width="3" />             <esri:SimpleFillSymbol x:Key="ResultFillSymbol" Color="LimeGreen" Outline="{StaticResource ResultLineSymbol}" />             <esri:SimpleRenderer x:Key="ResultRenderer" Symbol="{StaticResource ResultFillSymbol}" />         </Grid.Resources>                 <esri:MapView x:Name="MyMapView">             <esri:Map />             <esri:MapView.GraphicsOverlays>                 <esri:GraphicsOverlay x:Name="ResultsOverlay" Renderer="{StaticResource ResultRenderer}"/>             </esri:MapView.GraphicsOverlays>         </esri:MapView>         <Border HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="30" Padding="20" Width="300"                 Background="White" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1">             <Border.Effect>                 <DropShadowEffect />             </Border.Effect>             <StackPanel>                 <TextBlock Text="Click on the Copy Features button to execute the gp tool. This will create a new shapefile and add the results to the display." TextWrapping="Wrap" />                 <Button x:Name="CopyFeaturesButton" Content="Copy Features" FontWeight="Bold" Margin="0,12,0,0" Padding="5" Click="CopyFeaturesButton_OnClick" IsEnabled="False" />                 <TextBlock x:Name="TxtInfo" FontSize="12" Visibility="Collapsed" Margin="0,12,0,0">   <Run Text="Shapefile:" FontSize="14" FontWeight="Bold" />   <LineBreak />   <Run Text="Name: " FontWeight="Bold" />   <Run Text="{Binding ID, Mode=OneWay}" />   <LineBreak />   <Run Text="Path: " FontWeight="Bold" />   <Run Text="{Binding DisplayName, Mode=OneWay}" />   <LineBreak />   <Run Text="Spatial Reference: " FontWeight="Bold" />   <Run Text="{Binding FeatureTable.SpatialReference.Wkid, Mode=OneWay}" />   <LineBreak />   <Run Text="Geometry Type: " FontWeight="Bold" />   <Run Text="{Binding FeatureTable.GeometryType, Mode=OneWay}" />   <LineBreak />   <Run Text="Features: " FontWeight="Bold" />   <Run Text="{Binding FeatureTable.RowCount, Mode=OneWay}" />                 </TextBlock>             </StackPanel>         </Border>     </Grid> </Window> *** CODE BEHIND *** using Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Data; using Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Layers; using Esri.ArcGISRuntime.LocalServices; using Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Symbology; using Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Tasks.Geoprocessing; using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Diagnostics; using System.IO; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; using System.Threading.Tasks; using System.Windows; using System.Windows.Controls; namespace CopyFeatures {     public partial class MainWindow : Window     {         private const string ShpPath = @".\data\in_shp\States.shp";         private const string CopyFeaturesPath = @".\data\packages\CopyFeatures.gpk";         private const string ResultPath = @".\data\out_shp";         private const string ServiceName = "/Copy%20Features";         private Geoprocessor _gpTask;         private static readonly Regex _pathRegex = new Regex(@"(([a-z]:|\\\\[a-z0-9_.$]+\\[a-z0-9_.$]+)?(\\?(?:[^\\/:*?""<>|\r\n]+\\)+)[^\\/:*?""<>|\r\n]+).shp", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);         private static readonly Random _random = new Random();                 public MainWindow()         {             InitializeComponent();                         MyMapView.Loaded += async (sender, args) =>             {                 await LoadShapefile(ShpPath);                 LocalGeoprocessingService copyFeaturesService = new LocalGeoprocessingService(CopyFeaturesPath, GeoprocessingServiceType.SubmitJob);                 await copyFeaturesService.StartAsync();                                 _gpTask = new Geoprocessor(new Uri(copyFeaturesService.UrlGeoprocessingService + ServiceName));                 Debug.WriteLine(copyFeaturesService.UrlGeoprocessingService);                 CopyFeaturesButton.IsEnabled = true;             };         }         private async Task LoadShapefile(string path, bool useRenderer=false)         {             try             {                 // open shapefile table                 var shapefile = await ShapefileTable.OpenAsync(path);                 // create feature layer based on the shapefile                 var flayer = new FeatureLayer(shapefile)                 {                     ID = shapefile.Name,                     DisplayName = path,                 };                 if (useRenderer)                     flayer.Renderer = LayoutRoot.Resources["ResultRenderer"] as SimpleRenderer;                 await flayer.InitializeAsync();                 // Add the feature layer to the map                 MyMapView.Map.Layers.Add(flayer);                 if (MyMapView.Map.Layers.Count == 1)                     MyMapView.SetView(flayer.FeatureTable.Extent.Expand(1.1));                 else                 {                     TxtInfo.DataContext = flayer;                     TxtInfo.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;                 }             }             catch (Exception ex)             {                 MessageBox.Show("Error creating feature layer: " + ex.Message, "Sample Error");             }         }         // Submit GP Job and Poll the server for results every 2 seconds.         private static async Task<GPJobInfo> SubmitAndPollStatusAsync(GPInputParameter parameter, Geoprocessor gpTask)         {             // Submit gp service job             var result = await gpTask.SubmitJobAsync(parameter);             // Poll for the results async             while (result.JobStatus != GPJobStatus.Cancelled && result.JobStatus != GPJobStatus.Deleted                 && result.JobStatus != GPJobStatus.Succeeded && result.JobStatus != GPJobStatus.TimedOut)             {                 result = await gpTask.CheckJobStatusAsync(result.JobID);                 await Task.Delay(2000);             }             return result;         }         private async void CopyFeaturesButton_OnClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)         {             try             {                 // Disable the button while gp executes                 ((Button) sender).IsEnabled = false;                 // Get the Feature Layer from the map                 var layer = MyMapView.Map.Layers[0] as FeatureLayer;                 var filter = new QueryFilter {WhereClause = "1=1"};                 // Get a list of the states in the loaded shapefile                 var features = await layer.FeatureTable.QueryAsync(filter);                 var states = features.Select(feature => feature.Attributes["STATE_NAME"].ToString()).ToArray();                 // Select 9 random states from the list of states                 var randomStates = new List<string>();                 while (randomStates.Count < 9)                 {                     var state = states[_random.Next(0, states.Length - 1)];                     if (randomStates.Contains(state))                         continue;                     randomStates.Add(state);                 }                 // Create a feature set with the selected states                 filter.WhereClause = string.Format("STATE_NAME IN ('{0}')", string.Join("', '", randomStates));                 var featSet = new FeatureSet(await layer.FeatureTable.QueryAsync(filter));                 // Use the geoprocessor to copy the shapefile with only the selected records                 var parameter = new GPInputParameter();                 parameter.GPParameters.Add(new GPFeatureRecordSetLayer("in_features", featSet));                 // Submit gp job and wait for status update                 var result = await SubmitAndPollStatusAsync(parameter, _gpTask);                 if (result.JobStatus != GPJobStatus.Succeeded) return;                 // Confirm that the output is a GPFeatureRecordSetLayer                 var resultData = await _gpTask.GetResultDataAsync(result.JobID, "out_feature_class");                 if (!(resultData is GPFeatureRecordSetLayer)) return;                 // Parse the messages returned from the geoprocessor                 StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();                 string copy = string.Empty;                 foreach (var message in result.Messages)                 {                     builder.AppendLine(message.Description);                     // Special Task: Search for shapefile path in output messages                     var match = _pathRegex.Match(message.Description);                     if (!match.Success) continue;                     string filePath = match.Value;                     if (!File.Exists(filePath)) continue;                     var files = Directory.GetFiles(Path.GetDirectoryName(filePath),                         Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filePath) + ".*");                     if (!(Directory.Exists(ResultPath)))                         Directory.CreateDirectory(ResultPath);                     // Special Task: If needed shapefile is found...copy all files related to it to a known location                     foreach (var file in files)                     {                         File.Copy(file, Path.Combine(ResultPath, Path.GetFileName(file)), true);                         if (file.EndsWith("Copy.shp"))                             copy = Path.Combine(ResultPath, Path.GetFileName(file));                     }                 }                 // Display the results in the map                 if (copy != string.Empty)                     await LoadShapefile(copy, true);                 else                 {                     GPFeatureRecordSetLayer gpLayer = resultData as GPFeatureRecordSetLayer;                     ResultsOverlay.Graphics.Clear();                     ResultsOverlay.Graphics.AddRange(gpLayer.FeatureSet.Features.OfType<Graphic>());                 }                 Debug.WriteLine("**** GP Messages ****");                 Debug.WriteLine(builder.ToString());             }             catch (Exception ex)             {                 MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "EXCEPTION", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Error);             }             finally             {                 // Enable the button now that geoprocessing has completed                 ((Button)sender).IsEnabled = true;             }         }     } } ... 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I'm a little confused with your first question. I believe that what you want to ask is would what you're trying to accomplish require a COM component or an Add-In. For the most part these are the two technologies that you would host an Extension, Button, ComboBox, etc. One involves creating a dll that will need to be registered on the on client machine and the other creates an esriaddin file that can easily be installed on a client machine without any admin privileges or registry access. Also, COM components may require that you build them for each version you want to utilize them at, whereas AddIns are forwards compatible. The location you'll place the form will depend on what you need the form to do. If you're want the form to display automatically during a particular event in the ArcMap application you could use an Application or Editor extension. For example, if you wanted to show the form when someone starts a new map, opens an existing map, or open a particular item you could use an application extension. If you wanted to show the form when someone starts editing you'd use an Editor Extension. If you wanted the user to have more control over when the form shows you could launch it with a Button, ComboBox, MenuItem, or host it in a DockableWindow. The choice would just depend on the story of when the form should appear. In regards to your second question, if you're wanting to create something to work within ArcMap you wouldn't want to use the .NET Runtime. The Runtime products do not allow you direct access to ArcObjects. You could surely write a .NET Runtime application to work side by side with ArcMap, but the Runtime Application and ArcMap would have a hard time communicating with each other. Also, the ArcObjects API is not being deprecated. It is not included on the Developers site because this site is dedicated to the Runtime and Web APIs. The Desktop APIs, such as ArcMap (ArcObjects) and ArcGIS Pro SDK will be hosted in a separate environment. ... View more

Could you upload your MPK? ... View more

Hi Peter, I looked at the link you posted above and it appears to be doing what I was suggest. I currently have a .NET sample that does the exact same thing, but I feel that this workflow currently is a bit of a hack. I have a second way that I want to create this sample that may be closer to a best practice (i.e. zipping up the shapefile and providing a url that I can use to download it instead of hacking out the path to the local servers output directory). I will try to write it up by this weekend and upload it so that you can see both options. ... View more

The short answer is no. The Runtime for WPF products doesn't support the creation of local data. This functionality may be coming in a future release of the Runtime for .NET API. If you want to do this currently in the Runtime for WPF API you'd need to leverage a GP Service (whether local or online) to convert the resulting GraphicsLayers to Shapefiles that can be downloaded or copied to a specific location on the client machine. ... View more

Are you still having a problem installing the SDK? ... View more

You can do this workflow either way. You can either manually create these toolbars in ArcMap and share the map document as a template with your users or you can create a toolbar within any of your addins use the id of the addin as the references within the XAML that creates the toolbar. If you use the XAML approach you will need to ensure that all of the addins are installed prior to installing the one that references all of the id's for the various commands. Otherwise you could do this dynamically in the code by searching for each item and adding it to a single toolbar at runtime. ... View more

Are you using ArcGIS Engine or ArcGIS for Runtime? Engine can consume ArcGIS for Desktop (Basic, Standard, Advanced), ArcGIS for Server (ArcServer), and ArcGIS Engine (Engine and EngineGeoDB). These license will need to be installed against your ArcGIS Administrator. Once you've sure it's installed you can either use a LicenseControl in the UI or the IAoInitialize class in the code to license the application. For our ArcGIS for Runtime products we have a different license structure. Runtime utilizes its own Basic and Standard License. These will included something simular to an RUD # that you embed in the application or host in AGOL. ... View more

So I want to make sure I fully understand your situation. Let's say you have two fields, which we'll just say are A and B. A is just a standard field in the table, but B is tied to a relationship class with various triggers set on it. Are you saying that when you make changes to A you see that your relationship class is triggered in response to listening for changes to B? ... View more

Hi Richard, Quick question for ya. Why are you calling the updateRow method when nothing has been updated? Does this behavior you're reporting occur when you only call updateRow after you've verified that the row needs to be updated? ... View more