Get all the objects for a specified component category GUID.
[C#]
/// <summary> /// Get all the objects for a specified component category GUID. /// </summary> /// <param name="string_ComponetCategoryGUID">A String that is the component category GUID in the registry format. Example: "{3eea2caf-a730-11d2-af6d-080009ec734b}" is for the ESRI GX Tab Views.</param> /// <remarks>Note: You can use the ESRI Component Category Manager (C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Bin\categories.exe) to find the names of the component categories. /// You can then use the Windows registry editor (C:\WINDOWS\regedit.exe) to search for the ESRI category names and obtain the GUID associated with it. /// </remarks> public void RetrieveObjectsFromComponentCategory(System.String string_ComponetCategoryGUID) { // Set up GUID object for the desired component category ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.IUID uid = new ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.UIDClass(); uid.Value = string_ComponetCategoryGUID; // Set up the category factory. ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.ICategoryFactory categoryFactory = new ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.CategoryFactoryClass(); categoryFactory.CategoryID = (ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.UID)uid; // Go through each member of the category, and do something with it as needed object object_Category = categoryFactory.CreateNext(); while (object_Category != null) { object_Category = categoryFactory.CreateNext(); // TODO: process the object retrieved // ... } }
[Visual Basic .NET]
''' <summary> ''' Get all the objects for a specified component category GUID. ''' </summary> ''' <param name="string_ComponetCategoryGUID">A String that is the component category GUID in the registry format. Example: "{3eea2caf-a730-11d2-af6d-080009ec734b}" is for the ESRI GX Tab Views.</param> ''' <remarks>Note: You can use the ESRI Component Category Manager (C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Bin\categories.exe) to find the names of the component categories. ''' You can then use the Windows registry editor (C:\WINDOWS\regedit.exe) to search for the ESRI category names and obtain the GUID associated with it. ''' </remarks> Public Sub RetrieveObjectsFromComponentCategory(ByVal string_ComponetCategoryGUID As System.String) ' Set up GUID object for the desired component category Dim uid As ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.IUID = New ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.UIDClass uid.Value = string_ComponetCategoryGUID ' Set up the category factory. Dim categoryFactory As ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.ICategoryFactory = New ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.CategoryFactoryClass categoryFactory.CategoryID = CType(uid, ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.UID) ' Go through each member of the category, and do something with it as needed Dim object_Category As System.Object = categoryFactory.CreateNext Do While Not object_Category Is Nothing object_Category = categoryFactory.CreateNext ' TODO: process the object retrieved ' ... Loop End Sub