AddIn Extension - Update Document Properties

A way to keep track of who accesses map documents is to create an extension that logs who last used the map document.  To do this, you need to wire events to the OpenDocument event.


        private void WireDocumentEvents()
        {
            // Named event handler
            ArcMap.Events.OpenDocument += new IDocumentEvents_OpenDocumentEventHandler(Events_OpenDocument);
         
        }

Call this event OnStartup(), so override it in the extension:

        protected override void OnStartup()
        {
            // Wire the events
             WireDocumentEvents();
        }

Next stub out the Events_OpenDocument()


        void Events_OpenDocument()
        {
            IMxDocument mxDoc = ArcMap.Document as IMxDocument;
            IDocumentInfo2 docInfo = mxDoc as IDocumentInfo2;
            docInfo.Comments += Environment.NewLine + "Opened On: " + DateTime.Now.ToString() + " by " + Environment.UserName;
            if (docInfo.RelativePaths == false)
            {
                docInfo.RelativePaths = true;
            }
        }

Now if you look at the Map Documents properties in ArcMap you'll see something like:
"Opened On: 06/17/2011 3:02 AM by Bob1234"

An additional option would be to tack in a Save() to save the document right away so the information doesn't get lost if the user exits ArcMap.


        private void Save()
        {
            ArcMap.Application.SaveDocument();
        }