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Accessing current workspace using an ArcObjects add-in for ArcMap

PaulLivingstone — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:02:20 GMT

I am trying to create a point feature in ArcObjects for an ArcMap add-in in c#. To do this I need to get the feature class. To get the feature class I need to know the current workspace.

How do I find the current workspace opened from ArcMap from within the dockable window c# code?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Paul

Re: Accessing current workspace using an ArcObjects add-in for ArcMap

RichardWatson — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:16:26 GMT

Application
MxDocument
FocusMap
Layers - IFeatureLayer
FeatureClass - IFeatureClass
IDataset
Workspace

If you search the samples, I suspect that you will find the code.

Re: Accessing current workspace using an ArcObjects add-in for ArcMap

PaulLivingstone — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:45:52 GMT

Thanks for the quick response Richard.

To help anyone else that is looking, the current workspace can be found via:

IWorkspace ws = ((IDataset)ArcMap.Document.ActiveView.FocusMap.Layer[0]).Workspace;

Re: Accessing current workspace using an ArcObjects add-in for ArcMap

OliverBurdekin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:34:30 GMT

To help anyone else that is looking, the current workspace can be found via:

IWorkspace ws = ((IDataset)ArcMap.Document.ActiveView.FocusMap.Layer[0]).Workspace;

Looks good. Any ideas how to rewrite that for Java?

Re: Accessing current workspace using an ArcObjects add-in for ArcMap

LeoDonahue — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 07:43:29 GMT

Here is a sample for opening a shapefile. Or did you want to get the workspace from an existing layer in the map?

        IWorkspace workspace;
        IWorkspaceFactory workspacefactory;
        IFeatureWorkspace featureworkspace;

            workspacefactory = new ShapefileWorkspaceFactory();
            
            workspace = workspacefactory.openFromFile(filePath, 0);
            
            featureworkspace = (IFeatureWorkspace) workspace;

Re: Accessing current workspace using an ArcObjects add-in for ArcMap

JacquesMary — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 07:43:32 GMT

Here is a sample for opening a shapefile. Or did you want to get the workspace from an existing layer in the map?

        IWorkspace workspace;
        IWorkspaceFactory workspacefactory;
        IFeatureWorkspace featureworkspace;

            workspacefactory = new ShapefileWorkspaceFactory();
            
            workspace = workspacefactory.openFromFile(filePath, 0);
            
            featureworkspace = (IFeatureWorkspace) workspace;

yes i am very interested with getting the workspace from an existing layer in the map , could you get it ?

Re: Accessing current workspace using an ArcObjects add-in for ArcMap

LaurenPeckman — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 17:24:10 GMT

Was this question ever fully answered, perhaps someplace else?