Introduction to Programming ArcObjects Using the Microsoft .NET Framework

This course teaches fundamental ArcObjects concepts with a focus on developing custom GIS applications using ArcGIS Engine and the Microsoft .NET Framework. In course exercises, you work with developer resources and ArcGIS Engine controls to create GIS applications that include map creation and navigation, feature selection and rendering, geospatial operations, data management and editing, and geoprocessing. Although ArcGIS Engine is used in the exercises, the concepts taught in this course are applicable to developing custom ArcGIS Desktop applications as well.

This course provides the foundational knowledge and skills needed to take Developing Applications Using ArcGIS Engine for the Microsoft .NET Framework, Extending the ArcGIS Desktop Applications, and Developing Applications Using ArcGIS Server for the Microsoft .NET Framework.

This course is designed for experienced Microsoft .NET programmers who want to develop applications using ArcObjects.

Those completing this course will be able to

• Describe the architecture of the core ArcObjects libraries.
• Use ArcObjects, including ArcGIS Engine controls, to develop custom GIS applications in the .NET framework.
• Effectively use the software development kit (SDK) and developer tools.
• Programmatically automate tasks for GIS applications.

• Using ArcGIS Engine controls: ArcGIS Engine application framework, relationship to ArcObjects, license handling.
• Programming with COM and .NET: COM, class libraries, casting, exception handling.
• Understanding object model diagrams: Classes, OMDs, inheritance, working with properties.
• Accessing maps and layers: Working with layers and layer properties, enumerations and collections.
• Accessing data with ArcObjects: Accessing workspaces and feature classes, connecting to ArcSDE geodatabases.
• Rendering data: Using color ramps, adding new elements to maps, types of renderers, rendering feature and raster data, working with layer files.
• Queries and selections: Cursors and feature cursors, query filters and spatial filters, selection sets.
• Geometry and spatial analysis: Feature geometry, spatial analysis, creating a spatial reference, buffering.
• Creating and editing data: Creating new workspaces, working with fields, editing using cursors.
• Geoprocessing: Running custom geoprocessing tools, setting environments, working with messages.
• Working with layouts: Graphic and frame elements, adding elements, exporting and printing.

You should have completed ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality or Learning ArcGIS Desktop or have equivalent knowledge.

You must have a basic proficiency with VB.NET or C# before taking this course. Specifically, you should already know how to:

• Use variables and objects.
• Write methods and sub procedures.
• Work with attributes, interfaces, and modules.
• Use conditional statements and loops.
• Use casting to access methods and properties.
• Create forms and add controls.

Students without the above prerequisites should gain proficiency in an introductory third-party .NET course or tutorial before taking this course.

This course is designed to work with the following software:

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