Visual Studio


Summary
This section provides information for creating ArcGIS Explorer customizations with Visual Studio. If you are customizing ArcGIS Explorer for the first time, begin by reading through the topics below.

Developing with .NET
This topic includes summary information the .NET Framework and why it is important to an ArcGIS Explorer developer. It is not necessary to have a complete and full understanding of the .NET framework in order to develop customizations; however, increased understanding will aid in your ability to create customizations using .NET.
Using Visual Studio
This topic tells you which development environment versions and editions are supported for ArcGIS Explorer customization.
Visual Studio Tools for ArcGIS Explorer
This topic summarizes the functionality available in the Visual Studio Tools for ArcGIS Explorer, linking to more detailed help topics.
Code Snippets
This topic details the code snippets that are available for use in developing add-ins for ArcGIS Explorer. Code snippets are small chunks of reusable code often used to minimize the use of repeated code that is common to other functions.
Testing add-ins on a developer machine
This topic describes the process of testing add-ins on the developer machine.
How to debug add-ins in Visual Studio
This topic explains how you can use the Visual Studio debugger to step through each line of add-in code to resolve runtime errors or investigate behavioral problems.