topic IEditLayers.IsEditable true when not editing in ArcObjects SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/ieditlayers-iseditable-true-when-not-editing/m-p/24617#M635 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Just noticed an issue with one of my tools in Arc10 where it checks a layer to see if it is editable and getting a true result even though I'm not editing any data.&nbsp; This same tool worked for years in Arc9.3.1.&nbsp; But in Arc10 (SP5), IEditLayers.IsEditable appears to always return true when you are not editing any data.&nbsp; It does return false if you are editing in a workspace that doesn't include this layer.&nbsp; The work-around is to do two checks.&nbsp; a) Am I editing anything and b) is the layer editable.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I haven't checked this behavior in Arc10.1.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 May 2013 15:19:51 GMT BillyBuerger 2013-05-08T15:19:51Z IEditLayers.IsEditable true when not editing https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/ieditlayers-iseditable-true-when-not-editing/m-p/24617#M635 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Just noticed an issue with one of my tools in Arc10 where it checks a layer to see if it is editable and getting a true result even though I'm not editing any data.&nbsp; This same tool worked for years in Arc9.3.1.&nbsp; But in Arc10 (SP5), IEditLayers.IsEditable appears to always return true when you are not editing any data.&nbsp; It does return false if you are editing in a workspace that doesn't include this layer.&nbsp; The work-around is to do two checks.&nbsp; a) Am I editing anything and b) is the layer editable.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I haven't checked this behavior in Arc10.1.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 May 2013 15:19:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/ieditlayers-iseditable-true-when-not-editing/m-p/24617#M635 BillyBuerger 2013-05-08T15:19:51Z