Applying user interface customizations at startup

It is unsafe to make user interface customizations before the ArcGIS application framework has fully initialized. This sample shows you how to use IApplicationStatusEvents and IApplicationStatus inside a custom extension to monitor the framework's state and properly apply interface customizations when the extension loads.

Language:              C#, VB
Subject:               Framework
Organization:          Esri, http://www.esri.com
Date:                  10/17/2019
ArcObjects SDK:        10.8
Visual Studio:         2017, 2019
.NET Target Framework: 4.5

Resources

• ArcObjects .NET API Reference online
• Sample Data Download
• What's new
• Download the ArcObjects SDK for .Net from MyEsri.com

Usage

1. Open and compile the solution in Visual Studio.
2. Start ArcMap.
3. Click Customize and click Extensions.
4. Turn on the ACME extension. The ACME menu appears on the main menu bar.
5. Turning off the extension removes the ACME menu.

See Also

Creating an application extension

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Licensing

Development licensing	Deployment licensing
ArcGIS Desktop Basic	ArcGIS Desktop Basic
ArcGIS Desktop Standard	ArcGIS Desktop Standard
ArcGIS Desktop Advanced	ArcGIS Desktop Advanced