Research Catalog

Title

Getting to know arcobjects : programming ArcGIS with VBA / Robert Burke.

Author

Burke, Robert, 1963-

Publication

Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2003.

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Description

xii, 422 p. : col. ill.; 23 cm. +

Subject

• ArcGIS
• Microsoft Visual Basic for applications
• Geographic information systems
• Graphical user interfaces (Computer systems)

Genre/Form

CD-ROMs

Note

• "For ESRI ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo."
• Includes index.

System Details (note)

• Required software to complete exercises in book: ArcView 8.3, ArcEditor 8.3, or ArcInfo 8.3.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine derived contents note: contents -- Acknowledgments v -- Introduction xi -- Chapter 1 Programming with objects 1 -- Section 1 Understanding VBA -- Chapter 2 Building a custom application 5 -- Exercise 2a Organizing commands on a toolbar 7 -- Exercise 2b Making your own commands 16 -- Exercise 2c Storing values with variables 24 -- Chapter 3 Creating a dialog box 37 -- Exercise 3 NEED A NAME 41 -- Chapter 4 Programming with objects 51 -- Exercise 4a Programming with methods 53 -- Exercise 4b Getting and setting an object's properties 59 -- Chapter 5 Code for making decisions 65 -- Exercise 5a Making a Case for branching 66 -- Exercise 5b Coding an If Then statement 71 -- Chapter 6 Using subroutines and functions 77 -- Exercise 6a Calling a subroutine 79 -- Exercise 6b Passing values to a subroutine 86 -- Exercise 6c Making several calls to a single subroutine 91 -- Exercise 6d Returning values with functions 98 -- Chapter 7 Looping your code 103 -- Exercise 7a Coding a For loop 104 -- Exercise 7b Coding a Do loop 111 -- Chapter 8 Fixing bugs 119 -- Exercise 8 Using the debug tools 122 -- Section 2 Understanding ArcObjects -- Chapter 9 Making your own objects 133 -- Exercise 9a Creating classes 136 -- Exercise 9b Creating objects 142 -- Chapter 10 Programming with interfaces 147 -- Exercise 10a Using IApplication and IMxDocument 151 -- Exercise 10b Using multiple interfaces 159 -- Chapter 11 Navigating object model diagrams 171 -- Exercise 11a Getting layers 178 -- Exercise 11b Creating and assigning colors 188 -- Chapter 12 Making tools 199 -- Exercise 12a Reporting coordinates 200 -- Exercise 12b Drawing graphics 211 -- Exercise 12c Using TypeOf statements 221 -- Section 3 Using objects -- Chapter 13 Executing commands 227 -- Exercise 13 Using CommandItems and CommandBars 228 -- Chapter 14 Adding layers to a map 239 -- Exercise 14a Adding a geodatabase feature class 242 -- Exercise 14b Adding a raster data set 254 -- Chapter 15 Setting layer symbology 263 -- Exercise 15a Setting layer color 265 -- Exercise 15b Setting layer symbols 273 -- Exercise 15c Creating a class breaks renderer 285 -- Chapter 16 Using ArcCatalog objects in ArcMap 295 -- Exercise 16a Adding layer files to ArcMap 299 -- Exercise 16b Making your own Add Data dialog box 305 -- Chapter 17 Controlling feature display 315 -- Exercise 17a Making definition queries 318 -- Exercise 17b Selecting features and setting the selection color 332 -- Chapter 18 Working with selected features 339 -- Exercise 18a Using selection sets 342 -- Exercise 18b Using cursors 349 -- Section 3 Using objects (continued) -- Chapter 19 Making dynamic layouts 359 -- Exercise 19a Naming elements 362 -- Exercise 19b Manipulating text elements 370 -- Chapter 20 Editing tables 377 -- Exercise 20a Adding fields 379 -- Exercise 20b Getting and setting values 390 -- What's next? 403 -- Appendix A Data license agreement 405 -- Appendix B Installing the data 409 -- Index 413.

ISBN

158948018X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2003019217

OCLC

52948921

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library