Bind to a particular ArcGIS product and automatically initialize with the Standard license level. Binding is a new requirement for all stand-alone ArcGIS Engine applications beginning at 10.0.

Namespace:  ESRI.ArcGIS

Assembly:  ESRI.ArcGIS.Version (in ESRI.ArcGIS.Version.dll) Version: 10.0.0.0 (10.0.0.0)

Syntax

C#
public static void BindLicense(
	ProductCode code
)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared Sub BindLicense ( _
	code As ProductCode _
)
Visual C++
public:
static void BindLicense(
	ProductCode code
)

Parameters

code
Type: ESRI.ArcGIS..::.ProductCode

The ArcGIS product code; e.g., ProductCode.Engine, ProductCode.Desktop.

Return Value

Remarks

This function will Bind to the ArcGIS Product and then automatically call AoInitialze with a Standard license level. Note, if the ProductCode.EngineOrDesktop is chosen then the application will first try to Bind to an Engine Runtime; if an Engine Rutime is unavailable, it will try to bind to a Desktop Runtime. Once bound, the application will try to initialize with Standard licenses in the following order of priority: Engine Runtime, ArcView, ArcEditor then ArcInfo for the Desktop. Therefore BindLicense(ProductCode) should not be used if you want to constrain an application to access GeodatabaseUpdate or ArcEditor functionality, instead use BindLicense(ProductCode, LicenseLevel) or AoInitialize.

Examples

The code below shows how to bind to a particular ArcGIS installation.
CopyC#
//Bind to Engine Product and License in this order (Engine Runtime)
RuntimeManager.BindLicense(ProductCode.Engine);

//Bind to Desktop Product and License in this order (ArcView, ArcEditor, ArcInfo)
RuntimeManager.BindLicense(ProductCode.Desktop);

//Bind to Engine Product first and if not available to Desktop Product
//License Engine Runtime for Engine Product or ArcView, ArcEditor, ArcInfo for Desktop Product
RuntimeManager.BindLicense(ProductCode.EngineOrDesktop);
CopyVB.NET
    'Bind to Engine Product and License in this order (Engine Runtime)
RuntimeManager.BindLicense(ProductCode.Engine)

    'Bind to Desktop Product and License in this order (ArcView, ArcEditor, ArcInfo)
RuntimeManager.BindLicense(ProductCode.Desktop)

'Bind to Engine Product first and if not available to Desktop Product
    'License Engine Runtime for Engine Product or ArcView, ArcEditor, ArcInfo for Desktop Product
RuntimeManager.BindLicense(ProductCode.EngineOrDesktop)

See Also