Technical Documents

Draft chapters of the new Extending ArcObjects book

Topics to be covered include creating custom symbols, renderers, class extensions, features, workspace extensions, editor tasks, commands, tools, dockable windows, and other objects that can be plugged in to the ArcGIS framework. Also covered will be issues encountered when implementing a custom object in any area of the object model, for example persistence, cloning, component categories, debugging, etc.

The book will be aimed at more advanced ArcObjects programmers, with 2+ years VB experience or a few years C++, who wish to extend the ArcObjects object model. Numerous samples will be included, in both VC++ and VB, of typical object model extensions.

As draft chapters of the Extending ArcObjects book become available, they will be posted on this page. Please revisit this page over the coming months to find more draft excerpts from the book.