How to delete offline geodatabase replica file?

Question

If I unregister the replica with GeodatabaseSyncTask, then how do I delete the actual geodatabase file? The problem is that if I open the geodatabase, the file stays open until I open another geodatabase (even closing the application doesn't remove the lock).

There is no Close method for closing the geodatabase explicitly.

HeikkiNiemisara · Answer

Mike,

Could you provide us the bug number for this. I can't find relevant bugs in the system. with the keywords within this discussion.

Best regards,

Heikki

JuhoVainio · Answer

Yes, that's a possibility, but in my case the deletion of the geodatabase depends on the data within the database, so I need to open the db to check if the file is eligible for deletion. Of course I could to this in two phases, first phase being the check to save the filenames pending for deletion and so on...

Thanks anyway for the response.

Anonymous User · Answer

Maybe as a workaround you could restart the application and delete the file at startup before you would reopen the application.  Probably not the greatest way to handle it, but it might could get you down the road.  Here is a link on how to restart a .NET application (Application.Restart Method (System.Windows.Forms) ).