In the last couple of months we have been using the new st_geometry type of the ArcSDE geodatabase. St_geometry allows us to use simple queries in order to retrieve and manipulate geographic layers. For example: 1: select * from buildings b 2: where sde.st_intersects(b.shape,st_point( 'POINT (35.122 32.999)' ,1) = 1; This query will return all the buildings that intersects the point (35.122,32.999). St_geometry is available from version 9.2 of ArcSDE (ESRI recommends to use st_geometry from...
In my last post I described how to create extensions to ArcGis products. After we've finished developing to tools and commands we want to deploy them to our clients.In the development computer, the tools are registered to ArcMap when we compile the project. Now we want our clients to have access to the tools. So how do you do this ? There's a simple checklist of things you need to do in this ESRI article . Follow it and you will create a msi which you can deploy to your clients. Have fun
ESRI's desktop products can be extended by adding tools and command buttons integrally into the environment. This can be done by using VBA inside the products, or creating controls in .Net using the .Net ADF that's supplied with the product installation. In order to create a custom command/tool you need to install the desktop products, and the .Net SDK for them. After the installation, new templates are added to visual studio. To start creating the tool follow these steps : Open visual studio...