ArcGIS Engine Developer Guide

BUILDING APPLICATIONS WITH ACTIVEX
The controls and libraries used in this scenario are as follows:
• LicenseControl • Carto Object Library
• MapControl • Display Object Library
• PageLayoutControl • Geometry Object Library
• TOCControl
• ToolbarControl
• SystemUI Object Library
In Visual Basic, these control and library names are prefixed with ‘esri’.
IMPLEMENTATION
The implementation below provides you with all the code you will need to
successfully complete the scenario. It does not provide step-by-step instructions
to develop applications in Visual Basic 6.0, as it assumes that you have a working
knowledge of the development environment already.
The ESRI Automatic References Visual Basic Add-
In can be used to quickly select and reference
the ArcGIS controls and other ArcGIS Engine
libraries that you frequently use in Visual
Basic 6.0. To load the add-in click Add-In
Manager from the Add-Ins menu, click ESRI
Automatic References, and check the load
behavior check boxes. To then display the Add-In,
click ESRI Automatic References from the Add-Ins
menu.
Loading the ArcGIS controls
Before you start to program your application, the ArcGIS controls and the other
ArcGIS Engine library references that the application will use should be loaded
into the development environment.
1. Start Visual Basic and create a new Standard EXE project from the New
project dialog box.
2. Click the Project menu and click Components.
3. In the Components dialog box, check ESRI MapControl, ESRI
PageLayoutControl, ESRI TOCControl, ESRI ToolbarControl, and ESRI
LicenseControl. Click OK.
ESRIMapControl
ESRIPageLayoutControl
ESRITOCControl
ESRIToolbarControl
ESRILicenseControl
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