ArcGIS Engine Developer Guide

BUILDING APPLICATIONS WITH WINDOWS CONTROLS
In .NET a variable is fully qualified using a
Namespace. Namespaces are a concept in .NET
that allow objects to be organized hierarchically,
regardless of the assembly they are defined in. To
make code simpler and more readable, the
directives act as shortcuts when referencing
items specified in namespaces.
Embedding the ArcGIS controls in a container
Before you can access each control’s properties, methods, and events, each control
needs embedding within a .NET container. Once the controls are embedded
within the form, they will shape the application’s user interface.
1. Open the .NET form in design mode.
2. Double-click the AxMapControl in the Windows Forms tab of the toolbox to
add a MapControl onto the form.
3. Repeat to add the AxPageLayoutControl, AxTOCControl, and
AxToolbarControl.
4. Resize and reposition each control on the form as shown.
Remember that C# is case sensitive. If you start
by typing “ESRI.”, the auto completion feature of
IntelliSense will allow you to complete the next
section of code by pressing Tab.
5. Double-click the form to display the form’s code window. Add the following
“using” directives to the top of the code window:
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.Display;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry;
using esriToolbarControl;
using esriTOCControl;
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