Creating feature class with unknown coordinate system - XML definition

ChrisMorgan1

Hi,
I am trying to create feature classes with an unknown coordinate system using the FGDB API.
The feature classes appear to create OK, and I can add features, but I then get drawing errors
in Arcmap, and errors in ArcCatalog if I try to copy/paste the feature class or export it as XML.

Can you tell me what I am missing from my XML feature class definition? Please see attached XML feature class definition.

Thanks very much,

Chris

create-chris1.zip

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ChrisMorgan1

Some additional information.
Here's my sample code to create an empty feature class

int main()
{
  fgdbError hr;
  wstring   errorText;

  // create geodatabase
  Geodatabase geodatabase;
  if ((hr = CreateGeodatabase(L"c:\\testing.gdb", geodatabase)) != S_OK) {
 wcout << "Geodatabase create error" << endl;
 ErrorInfo::GetErrorDescription(hr, errorText);
 wcout << errorText << "(" << hr << ")." << endl;
 return -1;
  }

  // load XML table def
  string tableDef;
  string defLine;
  ifstream defFile("C:\\create-chris1.xml");
  while (getline(defFile,defLine))
   tableDef.append(defLine+"\n");
  defFile.close();

  // create table from XML def
  Table table;
  if ((hr = geodatabase.CreateTable(tableDef,L"",table)) != S_OK) {
    wcout << "CreateTable error" << endl;
 ErrorInfo::GetErrorDescription(hr, errorText);
 wcout << errorText << "(" << hr << ")." << endl;
 return -1;
  }

  if ((hr = geodatabase.CloseTable(table)) != S_OK) {
    wcout << "CloseTable error" << endl;
 ErrorInfo::GetErrorDescription(hr, errorText);
 wcout << errorText << "(" << hr << ")." << endl;
 return -1;
  }

  // Close the geodatabase
  if ((hr = CloseGeodatabase(geodatabase)) != S_OK)
  {
    wcout << "An error occurred while closing the geodatabase." << endl;
    ErrorInfo::GetErrorDescription(hr, errorText);
    wcout << errorText << "(" << hr << ")." << endl;
    return -1;
  }

  return 0;
}

This creates the FGDB and feature class without any apparent errors.

Then, in ArcCatalog (10 SP2), I try to copy/paste the feature class, and receive this error:
Failed to paste chris1
The XML being loaded could not be parsed. [physical name: CHRIS1]
The item does not have a definition.
The XML being loaded could not be parsed. [physical name: CHRIS1]

This would appear to imply to me that my initial XML feature class definition is missing some required field. Help would be very much appreciated! Thanks.

Chris