Prerequisite:
- ArcMap with ArcObject installed
- Visual Studio (This example use Visual Studio Express 2015)
Step 1: Google
Google "ExportActiveView C#.net" and go to the following URL:
http://resources.esri.com/help/9.3/arcgisengine/dotnet/ae109446-1798-41aa-b878-947425b360c9.htm
Step 2: Download
Click on "Download the C# files " link
(http://resources.esri.com/help/9.3/SampleZipsNetDtEng/ae109446-1798-41aa-b878-947425b360c9CSharp.zip)
Extract the zip file.
Step 3: Add a new Visual Studio Project
Run Visual Studio as administrator and open ExportActiveViewCS_Net2008.sln file
Click OK
Click OK
Step 4: On the Solutions Explorer, right click on Solution > Add > New Project
Select "Windows Forms Application" and click OK
On Solutions Explorer, right click the Windows Forms Application that we have just created and select "Set as StartUp Project"
Drag a button from the Toolbox into your form
Double click on the button
Step 5: Add Reference
On the Solution Explorer, find "References" under the Project that we have created
Right click on the References > Add Reference
Make sure that ESRI.ArcGIS. extensions are available under Assemblies > Extension
If ESRI.ArcGIS extensions are not available, check whether ArcObject for C#.Net is installed.
Select the following Extensions and click OK
Right click on the References > Add Reference
Go to Projects and select ExportActiveViewCS_Net2008 and click OK
Step 6: Set Embed Interop Type to False
Select all ESRI.ArcGIS. references one by one and set the Embed Interop Types to False
Step 7: The Codes
Double click on the button that we have added earlier
The codes window will appear
Add in the following codes:
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = false)]
static extern IntPtr GetDesktopWindow();
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
ESRI.ArcGIS.RuntimeManager.BindLicense(ESRI.ArcGIS.ProductCode.Desktop); //IMPORTANT bind the license
IMapDocument mapDoc = new MapDocumentClass();
mapDoc.Open(@"C:\sample.mxd"); //Location of the mxd file
IActiveView m_ActiveView = mapDoc.ActiveView;
m_ActiveView.Activate(GetDesktopWindow().ToInt32());
ExportActiveViewCS_Net.ExportActiveViewCS_Net exportView = new ExportActiveViewCS_Net.ExportActiveViewCS_Net();
exportView.ExportActiveViewParameterized(m_ActiveView, 300, 1, "PDF", @"C:\", true); //Location of the output pdf file
mapDoc.Close();
}
}
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Step 8: ExportActiveViewCS_Net.cs
Go to ExportActiveViewCS_Net.cs line 178
Replace
public void ExportActiveViewParameterized(long iOutputResolution, long lResampleRatio, string ExportType, string sOutputDir, Boolean bClipToGraphicsExtent)
With
public void ExportActiveViewParameterized(IActiveView docActiveView, long iOutputResolution, long lResampleRatio, string ExportType, string sOutputDir, Boolean bClipToGraphicsExtent)
Step 9: Comment out some codes
If we hit compile and run now, we will have several errors.
To fix this, comment out some codes that we don't use:
ExportActiveViewCS_Net.cs Line 173
//ExportActiveViewParameterized (300, 1, "JPEG", exportFolder + "\\", false);
ExportActiveViewCS_Net.cs Line 193
//IActiveView docActiveView = m_hookHelper.ActiveView;
The code can be downloaded from the link below:
Source Code
