Common Questions

Yes, all EDN subscribers have access to the ArcGIS Runtime SDKs for WPF and Java.

For Windows desktop development, Esri provides SDKs for Microsoft’s .NET Framework WPF (VB.net or C#), and Java SE. On Linux Java SE is supported. There are also Runtime SDKs for iOS, Android and Silverlight for Windows Phone development.

Mac OS is not supported initially, but we are working on Mac OS Lion support for a future release.

Yes, ArcGIS Runtime supports both 32- and 64-bit native code execution on Windows. On Linux desktops ArcGIS Runtime is 64-bit only.

ArcGIS Runtime reads and writes file Geodatabases and Workgroup and Enterprise Geodatabases. The editing is limited to attribute and simple feature geometry. ArcGIS Runtime will not support Microsoft Access-based personal Geodatabases.

No, ArcGIS Runtime has a new API so existing ArcObjects solutions will need to be re-written.

Esri Education Services offers 2-day instructor lead classes for the WPF and Java SDKs. You can register now for Building Desktop Applications Using the ArcGIS Runtime SDK for WPF and Building Desktop Applications Using the ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Java.