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I created a custom geoprocessing tool called "CreateCoverLayer". It has no input or output parameters. I have the following snippet of code, but get an error message due to the fact that the Execute method is looking for an array of parameters as the second input argument. Can I use this tool with no parameters, or is that not possible? Thanks!

IGeoProcessor2 gp = new GeoProcessorClass();    
gp.AddToolbox(@"C:\TestToolbox.tbx");
gp.Execute("CreateCoverLayer", null, null);
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Did you try passing an empty array? –  Kirk Kuykendall May 24 at 18:54
 
Yes, I also tried this . . . –  Renee Cammarere May 24 at 19:10
 
IGeoProcessor2 gp = new GeoProcessorClass(); gp.AddToolbox(@"C:\TestToolbox.tbx"); IVariantArray parameters = new VarArrayClass();gp.Execute("CreateCoverLayer", parameters, null); –  Renee Cammarere May 24 at 19:11
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That should work. What happens when you use an empty IVariantArray? –  blah238 May 25 at 4:10
 
The above code (sending in the empty array) did work, so I'm all set. –  Renee Cammarere May 29 at 14:21
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Try using the geoprocessor managed assembly instead of the geoprocessing one. You can call execute without a parameter variable, as shown with the system delete below, but im not sure what it will do with a custom tool.

Geoprocessor gp = new Geoprocessor();
DeleteFeatures delete = new DeleteFeatures();
delete.in_features = layer;
gp.Execute(delete, null);
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Yes, I've also used this type of code and was successful . . . –  Renee Cammarere May 29 at 14:25
 
ESRI.ArcGIS.Geoprocessor.Geoprocessor GP = new ESRI.ArcGIS.Geoprocessor.Geoprocessor(); CopyFeatures copyFeatures = new CopyFeatures(); copyFeatures.in_features = @"C:\FOBSP.gdb\BrigadeAOI"; copyFeatures.out_feature_class = @"C:\Data\BrigadeAOIcopy.shp"; RunTool(GP, copyFeatures, null); –  Renee Cammarere May 29 at 14:28
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The following code did work . . .

IGeoProcessor2 gp = new GeoProcessorClass(); 
gp.AddToolbox(@"C:\TestToolbox.tbx"); 
IVariantArray parameters = new VarArrayClass();
gp.Execute("CreateCoverLayer", parameters, null);

Sending in the empty array did the trick.

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