create feature class in an add-in

Question

Hey,

I think that I figured out the problem that I am having, but not the solution.  I have an add-in that creates a feature class if it does not exist.  Sometimes it works and sometimes it gives a com error. I finally came to the conclusion that when the default.gdb (or the outpath) has a path in the name (as in windows xp default location) the createfeatureclass_management call has a com error.  When you work on a windows 7 computer without a space in the default.gdb it works fine.  Of course the developer computer was windows 7 and always worked, but the users computers had failures.

My question is how do you submit the CreateFeatureClass_Management geoprocess when the outpath path has a space in it?  I know you can do it from ArcMap, but how does it work in the add-in?

Thanks, Chris

ChrisBradberry · Answer

Ken,

I am using a win 7 machine too, and get the error when I try to create the feature class. I have elevated this to tech support.  I imagine that I have used some bad coding practices.  Thanks for the help.

Chris

kenbuja · Answer

I just ran a test with the application that uses this code and I didn't receive an error when I created a new dataset in the directory C:	emp\New Folder\. This is on a Win 7 machine.

Where are you getting the error?

ChrisBradberry · Answer

Ken,

The code works for a feature class path that does not have a space in it, but still throws a com error when the feature class path has a space in it.  There should be a way around this because the tool in ArcMap will work when the path has a space in it.

Any other ideas?

Chris