topic Re: Saving a layer file with a relative path in ArcObjects SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/saving-a-layer-file-with-a-relative-path/m-p/42555#M1104 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You could go about this in a couple of different ways. One option is to set the relative base via </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/sdk/10.0/arcobjects_net/componenthelp/index.html#/RelativeBase_Property/00120000038n000000/">IDataLayer.RelativeBase</A><SPAN>.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Another option is to use the </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//001700000070000000.htm">Save To Layer File</A><SPAN> gp tool, it has a relitive path option. Here are some code examples on </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/sdk/10.0/arcobjects_net/conceptualhelp/index.html#/How_to_run_a_geoprocessing_tool/0001000003rr000000/">how to run a gp tool</A><SPAN>.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:18:54 GMT JohnHauck 2011-07-26T17:18:54Z Saving a layer file with a relative path https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/saving-a-layer-file-with-a-relative-path/m-p/42554#M1103 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi there,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is someone out there able to show me how I go about saving a shapefile in ArcMap as a layer file (.lyr) that has a relative path in vba? A bit of code would be really appreciated.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The idea is after I have run my code and output all the layer files I can move the shapefiles and their associated layer files from a local drive which I use for processing my data to another location where other people can use it.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>m</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 25 Jul 2011 06:57:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/saving-a-layer-file-with-a-relative-path/m-p/42554#M1103 MPickering 2011-07-25T06:57:54Z Re: Saving a layer file with a relative path https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/saving-a-layer-file-with-a-relative-path/m-p/42555#M1104 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You could go about this in a couple of different ways. One option is to set the relative base via </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/sdk/10.0/arcobjects_net/componenthelp/index.html#/RelativeBase_Property/00120000038n000000/">IDataLayer.RelativeBase</A><SPAN>.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Another option is to use the </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//001700000070000000.htm">Save To Layer File</A><SPAN> gp tool, it has a relitive path option. Here are some code examples on </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/sdk/10.0/arcobjects_net/conceptualhelp/index.html#/How_to_run_a_geoprocessing_tool/0001000003rr000000/">how to run a gp tool</A><SPAN>.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:18:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/saving-a-layer-file-with-a-relative-path/m-p/42555#M1104 JohnHauck 2011-07-26T17:18:54Z