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What is an Add-In Why Convert What Not To Convert Lessons Learned

Not your Daddy's Component Object Model Simplifies Development Easily deployed What is an Add-In

Easy to Build and Share Multilanguage Development Python at ArcGIS 10.1 Easy to Convert COM components to Add-Ins –IApplication application = hook as IApplication –ArcMap.Application

What is an Add-In

Why Convert Simplified Deployment –Build your solution –Copy the *.esriaddinx –Past the file in a well-know folder –Done Updates are Easy

What Not To Convert Not all components are supported –Renderers –Feature Layers –Edit Tasks –Property Pages You must manually convert your components

Lessons Learned Start with the Easy Stuff Not All Components Need to be Converted

Additional Resources Building add-ins for ArcGIS for Desktop – net/conceptualhelp/index.html#// w How to migrate from COM components to add-ins – net/conceptualhelp/index.html#// z Developing Add-ins for ArcGIS Desktop 10 – courseid=1965

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