EditOperation failed

BrianBulla

Hi,

I'm trying to troubleshoot some editing issues with a custom tool.  When the following code runs, most of the time I get the "success" message, but occassionally get the error message.  The error message that the EditOperation gives is pretty vague though.  Is there another way to get more detailed info about why the error is happening??

if (editOperation.Execute() == true)
                        ArcGIS.Desktop.Framework.Dialogs.MessageBox.Show(updatedFeatures.ToString() + " features updated.", "Fittings Tool - Update Complete");
                    else
                        ArcGIS.Desktop.Framework.Dialogs.MessageBox.Show(editOperation.ErrorMessage.ToString() + "\n" + "\n" + "Please try again using the current selection.  If the problem persists, let Brian know.", "Fittings Tool - ERROR");

 

 

 

 

NarelleChedzey

Hi Brian, 

 

In the case where you are calling EditOperation.Modify with an inspector object that has not actually changed any attributes, then internal optimizations will see this as an empty operation and won't actually add it to the list of work to be done when EditOperation.Execute  occurs. This is why the tracking fields are not updated on your feature.  Tracking fields are only updated when a change (attribute or spatial) is made to the record. 

In addition if there is no work to be done (ie EditOperation.IsEmpty returns true), then yes, an EditOperation.Execute will return false. 

In your situation, you can check the EditOperation.IsEmpty property and only call EditOperation.Execute if there is work to be done. 

 

Narelle