Getting to Know ArcObjects

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 Programming with objects

 

Section 1 Understanding VBA

 

Chapter 2 Building a custom application

Exercise 2a Organizing commands on a toolbar

Exercise 2b Making your own commands

Exercise 2c Storing values with variables

Chapter 3 Creating a dialog box

Exercise 3 Using controls to build a form

Chapter 4 Programming with objects

Exercise 4a Programming with methods

Exercise 4b Getting and setting an object's properties

Chapter 5 Code for making decisions

Exercise 5a Making a Case for branching

Exercise 5b Coding an If Then statement

Chapter 6 Using subroutines and functions

Exercise 6a Calling a subroutine

Exercise 6b Passing values to a subroutine

Exercise 6c Making several calls to a single subroutine

Exercise 6d Returning values with functions

Chapter 7 Looping your code

Exercise 7a Coding a For loop

Exercise 7b Coding a Do loop

Chapter 8 Fixing bugs

Exercise 8 Using the debug tools

 

Section 2 Understanding ArcObjects

 

Chapter 9 Making your own objects

Exercise 9a Creating classes

Exercise 9b Creating objects

Chapter 10 Programming with interfaces

Exercise 10a Using IApplication and IDocument

Exercise 10b Using multiple interfaces

Chapter 11 Navigating object model diagrams

Exercise 11a Getting layers

Exercise 11b Creating and assigning colors

Chapter 12 Making tools

Exercise 12a Reporting coordinates

Exercise 12b Drawing graphics

Exercise 12c Using TypeOf statements

 

Section 3 Using ArcObjects

 

Chapter 13 Executing commands

Exercise 13 Using CommandItems and CommandBars

Chapter 14 Adding layers to a map

Exercise 14a Adding a geodatabase feature class

Exercise 14b Adding a raster data set

Chapter 15 Setting layer symbology

Exercise 15a Setting layer color

Exercise 15b Setting layer symbols

Exercise 15c Creating a class breaks renderer

Chapter 16 Using ArcCatalog objects in ArcMap

Exercise 16a Adding layer files to ArcMap

Exercise 16b Making your own Add Data dialog box

Chapter 17 Controlling feature display

Exercise 17a Making definition queries

Exercise 17b Selecting features and setting the selection color

Chapter 18 Working with selected features

Exercise 18a Using selection sets

Exercise 18b Using cursors

Chapter 19 Making dynamic layouts

Exercise 19a Naming elements

Exercise 19b Manipulating text elements

Chapter 20 Editing tables

Exercise 20a Adding fields

Exercise 20b Getting and setting values

What's next?

Appendix A Data license agreement

Appendix B Installing the data Index