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