ArcGIS Engine
Building custom GIS solutions
Windows options

ArcGIS Engine gives you the tools to develop unique "lite" GIS applications or combine GIS components with existing software to build focused workflows that meet your Windows users' needs, whether you want to create a field editing application for the Tablet PC or embed GIS functions into your business software.

The following APIs are focused on Windows® application development:

Note: 9.3 is the final release of the VB6 API and SDK

Cross-platform options

Write an application once and deploy it to multiple platforms or build command and control applications for secure environments using the ArcGIS Engine APIs that work with Windows®, Solaris™, or Linux® operating systems: