CreateItem Method—ArcGIS Pro

CreateItem Method

In This Topic

Create a project item. CreateItem is called when items are being added to the project.

Syntax

C#
Visual Basic (Declaration)

public override Item CreateItem( 
   string name,
   string path,
   string containerType,
   string data
)

Public Overrides Function CreateItem( _
   ByVal name As String, _
   ByVal path As String, _
   ByVal containerType As String, _
   ByVal data As String _
) As Item

Parameters

name: The name of the item
path: The physical path of the item
containerType: The container type.
data: For internal use. This will be an empty string

Return Value

A custom project item of the type stored in this container

Remarks

Internally, the base implementation of CreateItem calls CreateItemPrototype. Customizations to the creation of your custom project items should ideally be added to CreateItemPrototype.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10

ArcGIS Pro version: 3 or higher.

Reference

CustomProjectItemContainer<T> Class
CustomProjectItemContainer<T> Members

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