public void Execute(ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.IArray paramvalues, ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.ITrackCancel TrackCancel, ESRI.ArcGIS.Geoprocessing.IGPEnvironmentManager envMgr, ESRI.ArcGIS.Geodatabase.IGPMessages message) { try { IGPUtilities3 gpUtilities3 = new GPUtilitiesClass(); if (TrackCancel == null) { TrackCancel = new CancelTrackerClass(); } IGPValue inputLayersGPValue = gpUtilities3.UnpackGPValue(paramvalues.get_Element(in_LayersNumber)); IGPMultiValue inputLayersMultiValue = gpUtilities3.UnpackGPValue(inputLayersGPValue) as IGPMultiValue; IGPParameter outputGroupLayerParameter = paramvalues.get_Element(out_groupLayerNumber) as IGPParameter; IGPValue outputGPGroupLayer = gpUtilities3.UnpackGPValue(outputGroupLayerParameter); IGPCompositeLayer outputCompositeLayer = outputGPGroupLayer as IGPCompositeLayer; if (outputCompositeLayer == null) { message.AddError(120048, string.Format(resourceManager.GetString("GPTools_NullPointerParameterType"), outputGroupLayerParameter.Name)); return; } IGroupLayer groupLayer = null; // find the last position of the "\" string // in case we find such a thing, i.e. position is >= -1 then let's assume that we are dealing with a layer file on disk // otherwise let's create a new group layer instance string outputGPLayerNameAsString = outputGPGroupLayer.GetAsText(); int separatorPosition = outputGPLayerNameAsString.LastIndexOf(System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar); string layerName = String.Empty; if (separatorPosition > -1) { layerName = outputGPGroupLayer.GetAsText().Substring(separatorPosition + 1); } else { layerName = outputGPGroupLayer.GetAsText(); } ILayer foundLayer = null; IGPLayer existingGPLayer = gpUtilities3.FindMapLayer2(layerName, out foundLayer); if (foundLayer != null) { gpUtilities3.RemoveFromMapEx((IGPValue)existingGPLayer); gpUtilities3.RemoveInternalLayerEx(foundLayer); } groupLayer = new GroupLayer(); ((ILayer)groupLayer).Name = layerName; for (int layerIndex = 0; layerIndex < inputLayersMultiValue.Count; layerIndex++) { IGPValue gpLayerToAdd = inputLayersMultiValue.get_Value(layerIndex) as IGPValue; ILayer sourceLayer = gpUtilities3.DecodeLayer(gpLayerToAdd); groupLayer.Add(sourceLayer); } outputGPGroupLayer = gpUtilities3.MakeGPValueFromObject(groupLayer); if (separatorPosition > -1) { try { // in the case that we are dealing with a layer file on disk // let's persist the group layer information into the file ILayerFile pointLayerFile = new LayerFileClass(); if (System.IO.Path.GetExtension(outputGPLayerNameAsString).ToUpper().Equals(".LYR")) { if (pointLayerFile.get_IsPresent(outputGPLayerNameAsString)) { try { gpUtilities3.Delete(outputGPGroupLayer); } catch (Exception ex) { message.AddError(120001, ex.Message); return; } } pointLayerFile.New(outputGPLayerNameAsString); pointLayerFile.ReplaceContents(groupLayer); pointLayerFile.Save(); } outputGPGroupLayer = gpUtilities3.MakeGPValueFromObject(pointLayerFile.Layer); } catch (Exception ex) { message.AddError(120002, ex.Message); return; } } gpUtilities3.PackGPValue(outputGPGroupLayer, outputGroupLayerParameter); } catch (Exception ex) { message.AddError(120049, ex.Message); } }