topic IFeatureClassManage.UpdateExtent requires close of ArcCatalog in ArcObjects SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/ifeatureclassmanage-updateextent-requires-close-of/m-p/114746#M3003 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have some code that projects data in a FeatureClass without creating a new one (and new ObjectIDs).&nbsp; So the X/Y coordinates of the data generally shifts by a large amount requiring me to update the spatial reference domain and extent of the FeatureClass.&nbsp; The extent thing is what's giving me some issues.&nbsp; I can get a schema lock on it and I run IFeatureClassManage.UpdateExtent but the extent doesn't change.&nbsp; I've tried compacting the database and updating the spatial index but the extent still won't budge.&nbsp; The only thing that seems to work is closing ArcCatalog.&nbsp; After that I can open it back up and run the UpdateExtent method and the extent finally gets set to the correct values.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm thinking something must still have a hold on the FeatureClass that it can't update the extent and it only gets cleared out after closing ArcCatalog.&nbsp; But then you would think that compacting or updating the spatial index would complain.&nbsp; Any thoughts?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:13:21 GMT BillyBuerger 2013-01-30T19:13:21Z IFeatureClassManage.UpdateExtent requires close of ArcCatalog https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/ifeatureclassmanage-updateextent-requires-close-of/m-p/114746#M3003 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have some code that projects data in a FeatureClass without creating a new one (and new ObjectIDs).&nbsp; So the X/Y coordinates of the data generally shifts by a large amount requiring me to update the spatial reference domain and extent of the FeatureClass.&nbsp; The extent thing is what's giving me some issues.&nbsp; I can get a schema lock on it and I run IFeatureClassManage.UpdateExtent but the extent doesn't change.&nbsp; I've tried compacting the database and updating the spatial index but the extent still won't budge.&nbsp; The only thing that seems to work is closing ArcCatalog.&nbsp; After that I can open it back up and run the UpdateExtent method and the extent finally gets set to the correct values.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm thinking something must still have a hold on the FeatureClass that it can't update the extent and it only gets cleared out after closing ArcCatalog.&nbsp; But then you would think that compacting or updating the spatial index would complain.&nbsp; Any thoughts?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:13:21 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/ifeatureclassmanage-updateextent-requires-close-of/m-p/114746#M3003 BillyBuerger 2013-01-30T19:13:21Z