Programtically creating a NEW PGDB

Question

Hello friends

how can we create a new pgdb to a dynamic location .

JamesCrandall · Answer

As stated above, you can call the GeoProcessor.

You could also create a PGD and add it to your build, in code, simply copy from the assembly directory to which ever directory you wish and rename.

' Create a file geodatabase workspace factory.
Dim factoryType As Type = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("esriDataSourcesGDB.FileGDBWorkspaceFactory")
Dim workspaceFactory As IWorkspaceFactory = CType(Activator.CreateInstance(factoryType), IWorkspaceFactory)

' Create a file geodatabase.
Dim workspaceName As IWorkspaceName = workspaceFactory.Create("C:\Data", "California", Nothing, 0)

In addition to Mike's suggestion above, if you can also include this PGDB in any deployment package you might create and have the installer move the PGDB to the client machine during any installation process for your development.  I don't remember off-hand the exact code, but instead of hardcoding the location ("C:\Data" or wherever it sits) you would specify the application path in your assembly.

This works very well in an implementation I have where the PGDB acts as sort of a container of empty feature classes and tables that are dynamically populated and depleted per the functionality of the application.

MichaelRobb · Answer

As stated above, you can call the GeoProcessor.

You could also create a PGD and add it to your build, in code, simply copy from the assembly directory to which ever directory you wish and rename.

' Create a file geodatabase workspace factory.
Dim factoryType As Type = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("esriDataSourcesGDB.FileGDBWorkspaceFactory")
Dim workspaceFactory As IWorkspaceFactory = CType(Activator.CreateInstance(factoryType), IWorkspaceFactory)

' Create a file geodatabase.
Dim workspaceName As IWorkspaceName = workspaceFactory.Create("C:\Data", "California", Nothing, 0)

Hornbydd · Answer

Shrey,

You could also create an IGeoProcessor object and call the create pGDB tool. Have a look at this for execute existing tools.

Duncan