Minimum system requirements

 

ArcGIS Explorer Software Developer Kit for the Microsoft .NET Framework is supported on the following operating systems:

Administrative privileges are required to install ArcGIS Explorer SDK.

 

ArcGIS Explorer SDK can be installed with other ESRI products on your machine, regardless of the product version.


Microsoft Visual Studio requirement

ArcGIS Explorer SDK for the Microsoft .NET Framework supports Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1. At least one of the following Microsoft Visual Studio Editions is required to install ArcGIS Explorer SDK:


Installing ArcGIS Explorer SDK silently

 

ArcGIS Explorer SDK for the Microsoft .NET Framework can be installed without a user interface (UI) by running the setup using Windows Installer command line parameters.  If you have downloaded ArcGIS Explorer SDK and are planning to install ArcGIS Explorer SDK silently, see the steps below for extracting ArcGIS Explorer SDK installation files from the Web download.

 

ArcGIS Explorer SDK command line parameters

Use the command line parameter ADDLOCAL to specify which installation features you would like to install.  The command line property, ADDLOCAL, and feature names are case sensitive.

 

ADDLOCAL feature (each feature name must be specified)

Documentation

This feature integrates component and conceptual ArcGIS Explorer help with Visual Studio 2008.

Samples

Project source code demonstrating example customizations for ArcGIS Explorer.

Tools

Tools to help your development with the ArcGIS Explorer .NET API.

VS2008

This feature contains additional commands, wizards, and templates for using ArcGIS Explorer .NET API  in Visual Studio 2008 Professional.

VB_Express_08

This feature contains additional commands, wizards, and templates for using ArcGIS Explorer .NET API  in Visual Studio 2008 Express.

VCS_Express_08

This feature contains additional commands, wizards, and templates for using ArcGIS Explorer .NET API  in Visual Studio 2008 Express.

 

How to perform a typical installation of ArcGIS Explorer SDK silently

Run this command to perform a typical installation of ArcGIS Explorer SDK.  A typical installation will install all available features.

 

Msiexec /I <setup location>\setup.msi /qb

 

How to perform a custom installation of ArcGIS Explorer SDK silently

Run this command to perform a custom installation of ArcGIS Explorer SDK.

 

Msiexec /I <setup location>\setup.msi /qb ADDLOCAL=<feature1>,<feature2>,...

 

 

Steps to extract ArcGIS Explorer SDK installation files

 

Note for silent installations:

Extracting the installation files is only necessary if you downloaded ArcGIS Explorer SDK. If you received installation media, command line parameters can be executed directly from the setup files located on the media.

 

Extracting the ArcGIS Explorer SDK download is necessary if you intend to install ArcGIS Explorer SDK silently. Silent installations are performed using the Setup.msi and Windows Installer command line parameters.  ArcGIS Explorer SDK installation files are downloaded to the downloading user's TEMP folder.  Access the TEMP folder by opening Windows Explorer and entering %TEMP% for the address, using the same user account that downloaded ArcGIS Explorer SDK.  Browse to the %TEMP%\ArcGISExplorerSDK\1200 folder and copy all files to a different location of your choice. These are the files used to perform silent installations.  A list of the files downloaded to the 900 folder is provided below.

 

Files in the ArcGIS Explorer SDK download:

ArcGIS Explorer SDK Install Guide.htm

setup.chm

Setup.exe

Setup.ini

Setup.msi

Setup1.cab

 

Creating a log of the ArcGIS Explorer SDK installation

Run this command to create a log of the installation.

 

Msiexec /I <setup location>\setup.msi /L*V C:\ArcGIS_ExplorerSDK_Install.log

 

Uninstalling ArcGIS Explorer SDK silently

To uninstall ArcGIS Explorer SDK silently, run the following command.

 

Msiexec /X {0F6F80D6-03DD-4236-A97B-D97695FA79FC} /qb