The ArcObjects Developer Kit contains numerous ArcGIS utility commands and routines that may find very useful.

Installing the samples is not as easy as ESRI makes to appear. Here's the lowdown on how it's done.

Install the ArcObjects Developer Kit from the ArcGIS install CD if you haven't already done so.

Click Start->Programs>ArcGIS->ArcObjects Developer Help and locate the sample that you wish to install. Read the install instructions.

Recently a customer asked that we publish his scanned parcel maps to his Intranet. For those not up on decade old Internet lingo "an Intranet is a private computer network that uses Internet protocols". He wanted everyone in the office to be able to view and print the scanned TIFF parcel maps. Easy enough, just create share on the file server, or a virtual directory on his web server that points to the directory of scanned images.

Publish your work in a PDF file

Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) provides a convient means for others to view maps, drawings or other documents. Here's how it's done.

Use Adobe Distiller or another commercial program. or... Use the free PDF995 printer driver.