ArcGIS Pro SDK: When using an out-of-the-box ArcGIS Pro Managed Configuration project, the debugger does not launch, and a “System.IO.FileNotFoundException” is thrown

Description

There are two problems generated by this bug. When trying to create a new project in Visual Studio using the ArcGIS Pro 2.0 SDK Managed Configuration project template:

• the debugger does not launch, and
• an exception is thrown when the configuration launches

1. Add a new project in Visual Studio. Select the ArcGIS Pro 2.0 SDK Managed Configuration project template.
2. Give the new configuration project a name that has a hyphen, for example: my-custom-configuration.proConfigX
3. Click Start in Visual Studio to launch the debugger.

Cause

The Visual Studio debugger launches the configuration with the wrong command line. For example, if the new configuration was named “my-custom-configuration.proConfigX”, the command line generated for Visual Studio is “/config:my_custom_configuration”.  This is the wrong name. The hyphens have been changed to underscores by the template.


The Icon property generated by the template likewise has underscores in the pack Uri for the assembly name. This is wrong, the underscores should be hyphens.

/// <summary>
/// Replaces the ArcGIS Pro Main window icon.
/// </summary>
protected override ImageSource Icon
{
   get
   {
       return new BitmapImage(new Uri(@"pack://application:,,,/my_custom_configuration;component/Images/favicon.ico"));
   }
 }

Workaround

Modify the Command line argument used by Visual Studio’s debugger

1. In Visual Studio’s solution explorer, right-click the Configurations project node to access the context menu.
2. Click Properties to open the property settings dialog for the custom configuration.
3. Click the Debug tab. 
4. Change the underscores in the Command line arguments edit box to hyphens.

Modify the configuration assembly name specified in the Icon override of the ConfigurationManager class

1. In Visual Studio’s solution explorer, open the ConfigurationManager1.cs file. 
2. Scroll to the Icon property override of the ConfigurationManager1 class. 
3. In the pack Uri string for the icon to be used in the Configuration, change the assembly name to use the hyphens instead of underscores.

/// <summary>
/// Replaces the ArcGIS Pro Main window icon.
/// </summary>
protected override ImageSource Icon
   {
       get
       {
          return new BitmapImage(new Uri(@"pack://application:,,,/my-custom-configuration;component/Images/favicon.ico"));
       }
   }

4. Rebuild the Configurations project in Visual Studio and click Start to launch the debugger.  ArcGIS Pro now launches using the custom configuration.