{"id":32,"date":"2010-12-15T11:25:39","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T19:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gis.qtools.com\/blog\/"},"modified":"2016-04-11T12:17:30","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T19:17:30","slug":"part-7-deploying-the-add-in","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gis.qtools.com\/blog\/tutorials\/vba-to-c-add-in\/part-7-deploying-the-add-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 7: Deploying the Add-in"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tutorial Navigation<\/strong> | Previous: Part 6: Converting VBA ArcObjects to CS<\/a><\/p>\n

Now that you have converted your ArcMap VBA utility to an Add-In, you don’t have to do anything else to use it on your own system. It will be available in ArcMap even when not running from a Visual Studio debug session because the build process copied the Add-In to the folder where ArcGIS expects Add-Ins.<\/p>\n

Resources<\/h1>\n

Files<\/h3>\n

VBA_to_CS_Tutorial.esriAddIn<\/a> (23 KB) (digitally signed Add-In)<\/p>\n

Video Demonstrations<\/h3>\n

The following videos are also linked from the relevant sections below. (opens in a new browser window or tab)<\/p>\n

Install Add-In into ArcMap<\/a> (duration 0:38)<\/p>\n

Managing Add-Ins<\/h1>\n

Add-Ins can be viewed, added and deleted with the Add-In Manager<\/em>, launched from the Customize<\/em> menu: <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

To remove an Add-In, you should use the Add-In Manager<\/em>. It is also possible to simply delete the Add-In file and its containing AddInID folder. <\/p>\n

Version 10.0 Add-Ins are stored (and discovered) by default in a local user folder:<\/p>\n

Windows Vista\/7:
\nC:\\Users\\<user>\\Documents\\ArcGIS\\AddIns\\Desktop10.0\\{<AddInID>}\\addin_name.esriaddin <\/p>\n

Windows XP:
\nC:\\Documents and Settings\\<user>\\My Documents\\ArcGIS\\AddIns\\Desktop10.0\\{<AddInID>}\\addin_name.esriaddin<\/p>\n

It is also possible to add additional folder locations, both local and network, on the Options<\/em> tab page of the Add-In Manager<\/em>. This is typically used to share Add-Ins on a network.<\/p>\n

Note: The AddInID folder is not required, but is created by the Add-In Manager<\/em> to prevent naming conflicts.<\/p>\n

Installing Add-Ins<\/h1>\n

Video Demonstation:<\/b> Install Add-In into ArcMap<\/a> (duration 0:38)<\/p>\n

If you want to make your Add-In available to other ArcMap users, it is quite easy since Add-Ins use a simple single file deployment model. The addin_name.esriaddin<\/em> file contains everything needed for the Add-In.<\/p>\n

There are four methods to install an Add-In. The first three use the Add-In Installation Utility<\/em>:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Run the addin_name.esriaddin<\/em> file itself.
    -or-<\/li>\n
  2. Launch the Add-In Manager<\/em>, click the Customize<\/em> button, click the Add from file<\/em> button, and select the addin_name.esriaddin<\/em> file.
    -or-<\/li>\n
  3. Select the Customize Mode<\/em> item on the Customize<\/em> menu, click the Add from file<\/em> button, and select the addin_name.esriaddin<\/em> file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These methods will launch the Add-In Installation Utility<\/em>:<\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n

    When installed using the Add-In Installation Utility<\/em>, the Add-In file will be copied to the default Add-In folder.<\/p>\n

    The fourth method is to simply copy the addin_name.esriaddin<\/em> file to the default Add-In folder or one of the additional optional locations. When using this method, ArcMap may need to be restarted if it is already running in order for the Add-In to be discovered.<\/p>\n

    Add-Ins installed to locations other than the default folder are considered shared and can not be deleted from the Add-In Manager<\/em>. <\/p>\n

    Tutorial Navigation<\/strong> | Previous: Part 6: Converting VBA ArcObjects to CS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Tutorial Navigation | Previous: Part 6: Converting VBA ArcObjects to CS Now that you have converted your ArcMap VBA utility to an Add-In, you don’t have to do anything else to use it on your own system. It will be available in ArcMap even when not running from a Visual Studio debug session because the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gis.qtools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gis.qtools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gis.qtools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gis.qtools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gis.qtools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gis.qtools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91,"href":"https:\/\/gis.qtools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/91"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gis.qtools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gis.qtools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}