{"id":171071,"date":"2010-07-19T18:29:23","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T18:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=171071"},"modified":"2018-12-18T12:04:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T20:04:44","slug":"bind-and-license-your-standalone-arcgis-engine-or-desktop-application","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-desktop\/administration\/bind-and-license-your-standalone-arcgis-engine-or-desktop-application","title":{"rendered":"Bind and License your standalone ArcGIS Engine or Desktop application"},"author":3601,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37501],"tags":[34731,157892,157882,30131,27521],"industry":[],"product":[36991],"class_list":["post-171071","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","tag-apis","tag-arcgis-engine","tag-arcobjects","tag-licensing","tag-sdk","product-arcgis-desktop"],"acf":{"short_description":"At ArcGIS 10 you can bind your standalone application to an Engine or Desktop runtime and license your application by making a single call","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

At ArcGIS 10 you can bind your standalone application to an Engine or Desktop runtime and license your application by making a single call to BindLicense.<\/p>\n

Here are the 2 steps:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \n
    Reference the ESRI.ArcGIS.Version assembly<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n
    Call\u00a0ESRI.ArcGIS.RuntimeManager.BindLicense(ProductCode.EngineOrDesktop)<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0before calling any ArcObjects code or creating any of the ArcGIS Engine Controls. So a good place for this would be in the main entry point of the application<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    [STAThread]
    \nstatic\u00a0void\u00a0Main()
    \n{
    \nif\u00a0(!RuntimeManager.BindLicense(ProductCode.EngineOrDesktop))
    \n{
    \nMessageBox.Show(\u201cUnable to bind to ArcGIS runtime. Application will be shut down.\u201d);
    \nreturn;
    \n}
    \nApplication.Run(new\u00a0Form1());
    \n}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Firstly, this BindLicense method will try to Bind to an Engine Runtime, but if unavailable it will try to bind to a Desktop Runtime. Secondly, it will license the application with the lowest license level available (in the order of ArcGIS Engine, ArcView, ArcEditor, ArcInfo).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    For more advanced binding and licensing options please refer to:<\/p>\n