{"id":23,"date":"2010-12-06T11:50:52","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T19:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gis.qtools.com\/blog\/"},"modified":"2016-04-11T12:06:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T19:06:13","slug":"part-3-setting-up-visual-studio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gis.qtools.com\/blog\/tutorials\/vba-to-c-add-in\/part-3-setting-up-visual-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 3: Setting Up Visual Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tutorial Navigation<\/strong> | Prior: Part 2: Adding the VBA Utility to ArcMap<\/a> | Next: Part 4: Creating New Add-in Project<\/a><\/p>\n

ESRI Add-ins can be created with either Microsoft’s .NET languages (C#, VB.NET, C++), or Java. This tutorial uses C# (C Sharp).<\/p>\n

Building and testing Add-ins requires a properly configured development environment which consists of ArcGIS, Visual Studio, and the ArcObjects SDK (Software Development Kit). The SDK must be installed last, since it checks for a supported IDE (Integrated Development Environment) and installs wizards, help, and code snippets.<\/p>\n

Install Visual Studio<\/h1>\n

If you already have a supported version of Visual Studio installed, you may skip this section.<\/p>\n

As of this writing, the Express edition of Visual Studio 2010 is NOT <\/em>supported by the ArcObjects SDK installer. In general, you can use any other edition of Visual Studio 2008 or 2010.<\/p>\n

This tutorial will use Visual Studio C# 2008 Express, which is free and available for download from the Microsoft website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Run the Visual Studio installer and perform a default installation. If you are new to Visual Studio or C#, you may wish to spend some time learning the IDE and language basics.<\/p>\n

Install the ArcObjects SDK<\/h1>\n

If you have not yet installed ArcGIS Desktop 10, please do so before continuing.<\/p>\n

Instructions<\/h2>\n

Launch the ArcGIS Desktop 10 installer. In the ArcGIS Desktop Developer Resources<\/em> section click Setup <\/em>for the ArcObjects SDK for the Microsoft .NET Framework<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Once the SDK installation commences, you can accept all of the defaults to complete the installation. However, if any of the VCPP (Visual C++) items are pre-selected for installation, you can set them to not install as shown below.<\/p>\n

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After the SDK installation finishes, launch Visual Studio.<\/p>\n

A default Visual Studio Express installation will not let you choose a folder location in which to store your project source files when creating a new project (they are always stored under a root folder specified in options). This behavior can be changed by opening the Options<\/em> dialog found on the Tools<\/em> menu, selecting the Projects and Solutions<\/em> item in the list, and checking the box next to Save new projects when created<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

To check that the SDK was successfully integrated with the IDE, select New Project… <\/em>from the File <\/em>menu. Expand the list on the left of the New Project <\/em>dialog and select the Desktop Add-Ins<\/em> item to ensure the Add-in templates have been installed as shown below.<\/p>\n

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Click Cancel <\/em>to close the dialog.<\/p>\n

If the templates are not there, try re-installing the SDK. For further trouble-shooting, searching the posts in the ArcGIS Resource Center <\/a>for “SDK installation” is a good place to start.<\/p>\n

Lastly, check that the code snippets are available in Visual Studio. Select Code Snippets Manager…<\/em> from the Tools<\/em> menu. Check that there is an ArcObjects<\/em> item listed. If not, expand this for instructions to add them (+\/-<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\nOn the Code Snippets Manager<\/em> dialog, click on Add…<\/em> and browse to \\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\\Common 7\\IDE\\VCSExpress\\Snippets\\ArcObjects<\/em>, click Select Folder<\/em> and OK<\/em>. ArcObjects will now appear in the Insert Snippet<\/em> context menu. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Although the snippets are not required, they can be quite useful for common operations and starting points for further enhancement. To use a snippet, right-click at an insertion point in your code and select Insert Snippet…<\/em> from the context menu. You can also browse the snippets in the Code Snippets Manager<\/em> to view their descriptions.<\/p>\n

Tutorial Navigation<\/strong> | Prior: Part 2: Adding the VBA Utility to ArcMap<\/a> | Next: Part 4: Creating New Add-in Project<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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