Topics Covered

• Fundamentals of developing Desktop applications: Overview of the ArcGIS architecture and ArcObjects libraries; Overview of ArcObjects and COM; Overview of ArcObjects and the Visual Basic .NET API; Steps for developing custom Visual Basic .NET components; ArcGIS vs. Visual Basic .NET Integration; Visual Basic .NET Base classes.
• Custom UI controls: Types of UI controls and CommandItem; UI control application framework; Creating UI controls for commands; Creating UI controls for tools; Creating UI controls for toolbars; Creating UI controls for menus.
• Extending the application windows: Types of custom windows; Custom windows application framework; Parent and child windows; Creating contents view windows; Creating dockable windows; Creating property page windows.
• Custom application extensions: Extensions application framework; Extensions load cycle; Visible, Invisible and Just In Time extensions; Finding and managing extensions; Extensions and document persistence; Extensions and licensing.
• Extending the Editor: Types of Editor customizations; Editor components; Creating Editor tools; Creating Editor sketches; Creating Editor extensions; Creating Editor edit tasks.
• Extending the geodatabase: Geodatabase overview; Application vs. database customizations; Overview of Geodatabase class extensions; Geodatabase class events and editing; Creating renderers; Creating object inspectors; Registering extensions with the Geodatabase; Storing and retrieving data with class properties.
• Building geoprocessing function tools: Geoprocessing application framework; Geoprocessing tools vs. commands; Executing existing geoprocessing tools; Types of geoprocessing tools; Creating geoprocessing tools; Integrating other systems with the geoprocessing framework.
• Deployment: Installing customizations; End-user and developer requirements; ArcGIS version and license requirements; Installing COM components; Installing Visual Basic .NET assemblies.The course includes two appendices with additional information:
• ArcGIS developer resources: Steps for developing custom COM components; ArcObjects COM and Visual Basic .NET APIs; Core libraries for COM and Visual Basic .NET; ArcGIS Developer Kit and Help; Samples and walkthroughs; Object Model Diagrams; Add-ins; Developer tools and resources.
• Other customizations: Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) modeless frame; Adding new data formats; Storing and retrieving layers; Geodatabase designer; Refresh Explorer; Implementing custom file types in ArcCatalog.