[GIS] ArcGIS standalone application deployment

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I'm trying to build a deployment for a ArcGIS standalone application. I'm using ArcGIS 10 Engine controls in a WPF application with desktop and spatial analysis license.
I'm using classes that only belong to desktop (IGxDialog, …) and also engine controls (AxTOCControl, AxMapControl, …)
I followed the example of ESRI for creating deployment for engine applications
The problem is installing runtime is not enough, but if i install the application on a pc that include an installation of ArcGIS desktop it works fine.

Now I need to build a complete installation that includes both desktop and engine DLLs without installing ArcGIS desktop, and I don't know how that can be accomplished
any suggestions???

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Because you have classes that only belong to desktop (IGxDialog, ...), Installation of Desktop is a must do. furthurmore you need an ArcGIS Desktop (engine will not be enough) license to initialize your application.

You can do some hacking to pack Desktop dlls with your application, but that is a violation of ESRI terms. Esri indicates that if there are any dependency upon Deskotp dlls, the Desktop itself must be installed. The same is true about Engine. for deploying an ArcEngine Application, its Run-Time must be installed and the dlls must not redistributed without esri products installation.

Suggestions:

If you are developing an ArcEngine APP, remove dependacy to Desktop dlls.
If you can write your application as an Desktop addin, do it because its the simplest way of developing with ArcObjects

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~~I don't see anything in the documentation that says you cannot switch. However the code below isn't able to switch. Maybe report this as a bug and see what happens.~~

Update: As Michael points out, the documentation says this is not supported.

private void SwitchLicense1()
{
    if (ESRI.ArcGIS.RuntimeManager.ActiveRuntime.Product == ESRI.ArcGIS.ProductCode.Engine)
    {
        ESRI.ArcGIS.RuntimeManager.Bind(ESRI.ArcGIS.ProductCode.Desktop);
        if (ESRI.ArcGIS.RuntimeManager.ActiveRuntime.Product == ESRI.ArcGIS.ProductCode.Engine)
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            Debug.Print("switched to desktop license");
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    {
        ESRI.ArcGIS.RuntimeManager.Bind(ESRI.ArcGIS.ProductCode.Engine);
        if (ESRI.ArcGIS.RuntimeManager.ActiveRuntime.Product == ESRI.ArcGIS.ProductCode.Desktop)
            Debug.Print("unable to switch to engine");
        else
            Debug.Print("switched to desktop license");
    }
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private void SwitchLicense2()
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    IAoInitialize aoInit = new AoInitializeClass();
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    {
        aoInit.Shutdown();
        aoInit.Initialize(esriLicenseProductCode.esriLicenseProductCodeArcEditor);
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[GIS] Difference between ArcObjects SDK for Java and ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Java and ArcGIS Engine

The terminology confuses me too but as far as I have understood:

ArcObjects is a set components with which you can write a program to control any of the ESRI products (ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Server or ArcEngine). See "What is ArcObjects?".
ArcEngine is the kernel of ArcGIS without the user interface. You can't do anything with ArcEngine alone, you use it through an application which was developed for ArcEngine and which provide the user interface.
ArcEngine SDK is probably a sub part of ArcObjects limited to the ArcEngine functionality. If you write an application using only the ArcEngine SDK then you have access to the ArcGIS kernel but not to user interface elements (except maybe simple ones, like popup windows for properties). Using ArcObjects you have access to more user interface elements but you then need the more expensive Desktop license to run it. See also the forum discussion "ArcObjects Vs. ArcEngine".
ArcGIS Runtime SDK is a new API but it is not as powerful as ArcObjects. Depending on what kind of programs you want to write, it might be enough or not. An advantage is that it seems to allow native 64 Bit programs. As far as I know there isn't any 64 Bit version of ArcObjects until now, which might be problematic if your program needs more than 2 or 4 GB of memory. See "ArcObjects or the ArcGIS Runtime SDKs for Java and WPF—which is right for you?".

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