topic Programmatically Identifying Broken Data Links in ArcObjects SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/programmatically-identifying-broken-data-links/m-p/165367#M4286 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>In Engine code how can identify the broken data links? When I use the following code I can read the links in a document. If the document has broken links then this code just blows up with a FAIL COM error. I would like to be able to allow the user to repair broken links from Engine code (in other words I am not interested in script solutions.)&nbsp; Is this even possible in Engine code?&nbsp; Has anyone ever done this? Does anyone have code that attempts to do this?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dictionary&lt;string, string&gt; datasetList_ = new Dictionary&lt;string,string&gt;(); &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IDataset dataset = layer as IDataset; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if ( dataset == null ) return datasetList_; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IEnumDatasetName enumDatasetName = dataset.Workspace.get_DatasetNames( esriDatasetType.esriDTAny ); &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IDatasetName datasetName; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; while ( ( datasetName = enumDatasetName.Next() ) != null ) { &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; datasetList_.Add( datasetName.Name, datasetName.WorkspaceName.PathName ); &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; } &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; } &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return datasetList_; </PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:16:51 GMT GeorgeFaraj 2012-02-17T13:16:51Z Programmatically Identifying Broken Data Links https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/programmatically-identifying-broken-data-links/m-p/165367#M4286 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>In Engine code how can identify the broken data links? When I use the following code I can read the links in a document. If the document has broken links then this code just blows up with a FAIL COM error. I would like to be able to allow the user to repair broken links from Engine code (in other words I am not interested in script solutions.)&nbsp; Is this even possible in Engine code?&nbsp; Has anyone ever done this? Does anyone have code that attempts to do this?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dictionary&lt;string, string&gt; datasetList_ = new Dictionary&lt;string,string&gt;(); &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IDataset dataset = layer as IDataset; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if ( dataset == null ) return datasetList_; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IEnumDatasetName enumDatasetName = dataset.Workspace.get_DatasetNames( esriDatasetType.esriDTAny ); &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IDatasetName datasetName; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; while ( ( datasetName = enumDatasetName.Next() ) != null ) { &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; datasetList_.Add( datasetName.Name, datasetName.WorkspaceName.PathName ); &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; } &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; } &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return datasetList_; </PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:16:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/programmatically-identifying-broken-data-links/m-p/165367#M4286 GeorgeFaraj 2012-02-17T13:16:51Z Re: Programmatically Identifying Broken Data Links https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/programmatically-identifying-broken-data-links/m-p/165368#M4287 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>If a layer has a broken data link then ILayer::Valid returns False.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:23:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/programmatically-identifying-broken-data-links/m-p/165368#M4287 NeilClemmons 2012-02-17T13:23:49Z