Latest Contributions by BillMacPherson

John, Thank you for you thoughtful reply and list of suggestions. I was called away to work on another project so I'm just now able to get back to this issue. I have applied your suggestions to my function (see the revised code below). The result is just the same as before. I'm still getting the same generic "Edit operation failed" that I was getting before and it is still just as random as before. The error still occurs on the insp.ApplyAsync() function call. I also tried  await insp.LoadAsync() but that didn't help. Could this be a bug within the inspector.ApplyAsync() function call? If you have any other suggestions, I would appreciate the help. ArcGIS Pro 2.0, Visual Studio 2017 community edition, file geodatabase. internal static async Task<int> UpdateBoundarySubdivisionAttribute(string strSelectedAppNo, string strNewSubdivisions) { Debug.WriteLine(" UpdateBoundarySubdivisionAttribute() start"); try { await ArcGIS.Desktop.Framework.Threading.Tasks.QueuedTask.Run(async () => { // Find boundary layer. var disLayer = ArcGIS.Desktop.Mapping.MapView.Active.Map.FindLayers(Settings.Get("pyp_boundary_layer_name")).FirstOrDefault() as BasicFeatureLayer; // Search by application number attribute. var queryFilter = new ArcGIS.Core.Data.QueryFilter { WhereClause = "APPLICATION_NUMBER = '" + strSelectedAppNo + "'" }; // Add each ObjectID to the List. var oidSet = new List<long>(); using (RowCursor rc = disLayer.Search(queryFilter)) { while (rc.MoveNext()) { oidSet.Add(rc.Current.GetObjectID()); } } // There should be one ObjectID - boundary feature. if (oidSet.Count < 1) { // This shouldn't happen. There should always be one boundary feature for this AppNo. return; } // Create Inspector. ArcGIS.Desktop.Editing.Attributes.Inspector insp = new ArcGIS.Desktop.Editing.Attributes.Inspector(); insp.Load(disLayer, oidSet); insp["SUBDNAME"] = strNewSubdivisions; if (true != await insp.ApplyAsync()) { return; // Return error } }); // Return success return 0; } catch (Exception ex) { string ERR_PROC = " UpdateBoundarySubdivisionAttribute() "; System.Windows.MessageBox.Show("ErrProcedure = " + ERR_PROC + ex.Message, "Update Boundary Subdivision Error", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Error); return 1; // Return error } } ... View more

Thank you Charles. This is not really the direction I wanted to go for a solution. ... View more

Thank you M Ka. Your was solution worked very well. ... View more

Thank you for your quick replay. I'm glad to hear that using an app.config is possible. Ok. I did as you suggested and set the Build Action to "Content" and the Copy to Output Directory to "Copy Always" but it didn't seem to help. I also tried using <appSettings> and it didn't find that setting either. Is there anything special in the way you Get the setting? I tried in debug mode and as a compiled Add-In with no difference. connectionString = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("pd_apps_conn"); <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration>     <appSettings>         <add key="pd_apps_conn" value="Data Source=xx.xx.xx.xxx;Initial Catalog=some_db;User ID=xxx;Password=yyy" />      </appSettings>     <connectionStrings>         <add name="pd_apps" connectionString="Data Source=xx.xx.xx.xxx;Initial Catalog=some_db;User ID=xxx;Password=yyy" />      </connectionStrings> </configuration> ... View more

2. The second option involves AutoCad, if you have the software available it is possible to georeference it to a dataset that has a correct spatial reference through a few simple steps. I have documented these steps which may prove useful to you if this is a viable option, this can then be used to create the GDB using CAD features. WarrenDz, If you could post the steps for correcting the spatial reference in AutoCAD, it would be very helpful. ... View more

That solution worked Neil. Thanks again. You are the best. Bill ... View more

Thanks Neil. I looked at the documentation and that is quite a process. I'll go through it and hopefully all will go well. I'll let you know if I can get it to work or ask more questions. This may take a day or two. ... View more

Neil, If you could tell me how to register with the setup, I would be most grateful. ... View more

Thank you Neil for your input. I use a visual studio 10 setup.exe to copy the dll and tlb to the windows XP target machine and I use the Add From File on the Customize dialog to register my ArcMap 10 tools. Everything works fine but the DockableWindow. The code you suggested is already in my class. Public Class frmCLApps     Implements IDockableWindowDef #Region "COM GUIDs"     ' These  GUIDs provide the COM identity for this class     ' and its COM interfaces. If you change them, existing     ' clients will no longer be able to access the class.     Public Const ClassId As String = "8582b32d-120c-407b-af34-8719b8960b30"     Public Const InterfaceId As String = "fec13c95-bd53-44cd-b8ef-f7d83f33fbb2"     Public Const EventsId As String = "1e9d36cc-df74-40c4-a8a7-461a0f75b13d" #End Region #Region "COM Registration Function(s)"     <ComRegisterFunction(), ComVisibleAttribute(False)> _     Public Shared Sub RegisterFunction(ByVal registerType As Type)         ' Required for ArcGIS Component Category Registrar support         ArcGISCategoryRegistration(registerType)         'Add any COM registration code after the ArcGISCategoryRegistration() call     End Sub     <ComUnregisterFunction(), ComVisibleAttribute(False)> _     Public Shared Sub UnregisterFunction(ByVal registerType As Type)         ' Required for ArcGIS Component Category Registrar support         ArcGISCategoryUnregistration(registerType)         'Add any COM unregistration code after the ArcGISCategoryUnregistration() call     End Sub #Region "ArcGIS Component Category Registrar generated code"     ''' <summary>     ''' Required method for ArcGIS Component Category registration -     ''' Do not modify the contents of this method with the code editor.     ''' </summary>     Private Shared Sub ArcGISCategoryRegistration(ByVal registerType As Type)         Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID)         GMxDockableWindows.Register(regKey)         MxDockableWindows.Register(regKey)         SxDockableWindows.Register(regKey)         GxDockableWindows.Register(regKey)     End Sub     ''' <summary>     ''' Required method for ArcGIS Component Category unregistration -     ''' Do not modify the contents of this method with the code editor.     ''' </summary>     Private Shared Sub ArcGISCategoryUnregistration(ByVal registerType As Type)         Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID)         GMxDockableWindows.Unregister(regKey)         MxDockableWindows.Unregister(regKey)         SxDockableWindows.Unregister(regKey)         GxDockableWindows.Unregister(regKey)     End Sub #End Region #End Region After going through my installation on the target machine, I searched the registry for the key "8582b32d-120c-407b-af34-8719b8960b30". It was in the registry associated with my form that implements IDockableWindowDef. So, I'm still missing some critical part here. Thanks again for the help. ... View more