topic Re: XML Workspace Import without Length field in ArcObjects SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/xml-workspace-import-without-length-field/m-p/32473#M848 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Are the length and area fields stored fields or are they calculated when displayed?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I know you can't update them from the ArcObjects API as you get an exception on them.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:21:03 GMT PaulAustin 2011-08-08T16:21:03Z XML Workspace Import without Length field https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/xml-workspace-import-without-length-field/m-p/32471#M846 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is it possible to get the XML import of a Workspace to not create a XXX_Length field? My XML document specifies the length field as blank &lt;LengthField /&gt;. But both ArcCatalog and the arcobjects (Java) using GdbImporter both add a length field.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:09:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/xml-workspace-import-without-length-field/m-p/32471#M846 PaulAustin 2011-08-05T19:09:08Z Re: XML Workspace Import without Length field https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/xml-workspace-import-without-length-field/m-p/32472#M847 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>If you have a point or a table you will not get the length field.&nbsp; Length is needed as part of the geodatabase for line or polygon featureclasses, it's a mandatory field.&nbsp; Kind of like it needs an objectid and shape field (can have a different names.)&nbsp;&nbsp; Polygon has an area field too.&nbsp; Leaving these fields out would break the featureclasses.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:42:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/xml-workspace-import-without-length-field/m-p/32472#M847 AlexanderGray 2011-08-08T15:42:02Z Re: XML Workspace Import without Length field https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/xml-workspace-import-without-length-field/m-p/32473#M848 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Are the length and area fields stored fields or are they calculated when displayed?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I know you can't update them from the ArcObjects API as you get an exception on them.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:21:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/xml-workspace-import-without-length-field/m-p/32473#M848 PaulAustin 2011-08-08T16:21:03Z