ArcGIS Engine Developer Guide

C++ APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
In VS .NET 2003:
a. You want a simple C++ program, so use the wizard that you will use for
your C++ API development: the C/C++ Console Application wizard. This
wizard is not the same as the Win32 Console Project and Console Application
(.NET) wizards. To access the C/C++ Console Application wizard,
you must install Academic Tools for VS .NET 2003. This is available from
the downloads page at http://msdn.microsoft.com/academic/default.aspx. Once
you have installed the wizard, open a new Visual C++ project of the type
C/C++ Console Application and name it configtest.
b. Replace the contents of the existing configtest.cpp file with the code
above.
3. Press Ctrl+F5, and click Yes to build the .exe file. A window should open that
says Hello world.
4. If you had trouble with any of the steps above, your system is not yet configured
for C++ programming, and you should refer to your system documentation
or system support personnel to get it set up.
• Solaris and Linux:
1. Open your text editor and paste the code snippet from above. Save it as
configtest.cpp.
2. At the command prompt, type one of the following:
• Solaris: “CC -o configtest configtest.cpp” (without the quotes)
• Linux: “g++ -o configtest configtest.cpp” (without the quotes)
3. A new file, configtest, will be created. Run it by typing “./configtest” (again
without the quotes).
4. Hello world will be displayed.
5. If you had trouble with any of the steps above, your system is not yet configured
for C++ programming, and you should refer to your system documentation
or system support personnel to get it set up.
Platform configuration
1. First you will need to pick your development platform: Windows, Solaris, or
Linux. This will be a decision based on your ArcObjects programming intentions,
as well as your experience.
• Windows: If you are planning to write command-line ArcObjects applications
and most of your programming experience is on Windows, you should
use Windows as your platform. Your code will still be cross-platform; you will
just need to recompile it on Linux and Solaris.
However, if you plan to write an application with the Motif or GTK widget
ArcGIS controls, you will not be able to develop on Windows as those controls
are only available on UNIX. To develop with the ArcGIS controls on
Windows, you will need to use another API and its controls, such as the
Visual C++ COM API and the COM controls.
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