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New from OnWord Press, ArcGIS Developer's Guide for Visual Basic for Applications is a must for GIS professionals and students alike. This compact how-to and reference manual provides the examples, exercises, and professional tips and hints skilled ArcGIS users need for developing their own applications. No prior experience with ArcObjects is required! Each chapter of this book walks the reader step by step through the process of developing a small application, from start to finish. In this way, ArcGIS application developers are exposed to the entire code and can maintain sight of the big picture as they achieve new levels of expertise in using data windows, maps, layers, page layouts, and more! Ideal for the novice, initial chapters introduce and explain the VBA development environment; Component Object Model (COM) basics, interfaces, and applications; and critical ArcObjects elements. Experienced GIS developers will also benefit tremendously from the straightforward, no-nonsense presentation of information used as a starting point for developing their own applications.
Synopsis
"ArcGIS Developer's Guide for VBA is a must for GIS professionals and students alike. This compact reference manual provides the examples, exercises, and professional tips skilled ArcGIS users need for developing their own applications. No prior experience with ArcObjects is required! ArcGIS application developers are exposed to the entire code and can maintain sight of the big picture as they achieve new levels of expertise in using data windows, maps, layers, page layouts, and more! Initial chapters introduce and explain the VBA development environment; Component Object Model (COM) basics, interfaces, and applications; and critical ArcObjects elements.
Synopsis
Develop professional-quality ArcGIS applications while learning to automate and customize activities with the help of this newly revised handbook. Updated to version 9.0, ArcGIS Developer's Guide for VBA, 2E proposes better methodology for application development by breaking down and simplifying the "must have" information readers need to begin developing ArcGIS applications. No prior experience with ArcObjects is required! This compact reference manual begins with an introduction to the VBA development environment and an explanation of underlying theory, followed by well-structured descriptions of the tools available to develop ArcGIS applications. Chapters dealing with the actual application development are written independent of each other, so that readers can move directly to the topic they need to know. In no time at all, students and professionals alike will be developing simple and complex ArcGIS applications because they will have learned how to apply ArcObjects and extend the power of ArcGIS.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The VBA Development Environment Chapter 2: The VBA Programming Language Chapter 3: Debugging and Error Handling Chapter 4: Distributing Your Application Chapter 5: Components Object Model Basics Chapter 6: Component Object Model Interfaces Chapter 7: Developing COM Applications Chapter 8: ArcObjects Basics Chapter 9: ArcObjects Elements Chapter 10: Developing ArcGIS Applications with ArchObjects Chapter 11: Customizing the ArcMap User Interface Chapter 12: The ArcMap Objects Model Chapter 13: Using Maps Chapter 14: Using Layers Chapter 15: Using Data Windows Chapter 16: Using Page Layouts Chapter 17: Address Matching Index