Building and Using ArcGIS Explorer Sample Tasks
This topic gives you more information about how you can build the ArcGIS Explorer sample task projects, and how by building them the samples are automatically set up for use in ArcGIS Explorer.
Building projects
To build any Visual Studio project you can choose Build or Rebuild from the Build menu, or press F6. If you have a solution with more than one project in it, choose Build All or Rebuild All from the Build menu, or press Shift+F6.
For more information about Visual Studio 2005 projects and solutions, you should refer to the Visual Studio 2005 help.
How does ArcGIS Explorer find the sample task?
For each sample task in the SDK, building the project will also set up the custom task ready for use on the machine. At this point, the task can be added to a map by using the Manage Tasks dialog box. This action happens in the project post-build event.
For more information about adding a task into a map, see the How To: Add a custom task using the Manage Tasks dialog box topic.
For more information about how this post-build event operates, see the Using a post-build event to set up a custom task topic.
How can I use the sample task on a machine which does not have Visual Studio installed?
If you wish to use a sample task on another machine which does not have Visual Studio installed, you can create an NMF file which contains details of the task and a location from where it can be accessed. Opening this NMF file in ArcGIS Explorer will result in the task files being automatically downloaded and set up on the users machine.
For more information about how you can create an NMF file to help you deploy your task, see the Using a Task NMF file to set up a custom task topic.