topic How to use IWorkspaceName2? in ArcObjects SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/how-to-use-iworkspacename2/m-p/365048#M9609 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'd like two things -</P><P></P><P>1) Example usage of IWorkspaceName2 to retrieve the ConnectionString property (this is the only way I know how to generate an encrypted password suitable for the XML inside an MSD file)</P><P></P><P>IWorkspaceName2 - <A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/sdk/10.0/arcobjects_net/componenthelp/index.html#//002500000mnw000000" title="http://help.arcgis.com/en/sdk/10.0/arcobjects_net/componenthelp/index.html#//002500000mnw000000">ArcObjects 10 .NET SDK Help</A></P><P></P><P>I asked at gis.stackexchange.com and received a working usage - <A href="http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/115470/how-to-use-iworkspacename2" title="http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/115470/how-to-use-iworkspacename2">arcgis 10.0 - How to use IWorkspaceName2 - Geographic Information Systems Stack Exchange</A></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The answer (1 right now) uses <CODE>IWorkspaceFactory2::OpenFromString <SPAN style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">which requires a live database and valid connection string.</SPAN></CODE></SPAN></P><P></P><P>2) Is there any way to get IWorkspaceName2::ConnectionString from a connection string but without having to connect to the database?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 30 Sep 2014 05:23:46 GMT AndyArismendi1 2014-09-30T05:23:46Z How to use IWorkspaceName2? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/how-to-use-iworkspacename2/m-p/365048#M9609 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'd like two things -</P><P></P><P>1) Example usage of IWorkspaceName2 to retrieve the ConnectionString property (this is the only way I know how to generate an encrypted password suitable for the XML inside an MSD file)</P><P></P><P>IWorkspaceName2 - <A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/sdk/10.0/arcobjects_net/componenthelp/index.html#//002500000mnw000000" title="http://help.arcgis.com/en/sdk/10.0/arcobjects_net/componenthelp/index.html#//002500000mnw000000">ArcObjects 10 .NET SDK Help</A></P><P></P><P>I asked at gis.stackexchange.com and received a working usage - <A href="http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/115470/how-to-use-iworkspacename2" title="http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/115470/how-to-use-iworkspacename2">arcgis 10.0 - How to use IWorkspaceName2 - Geographic Information Systems Stack Exchange</A></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The answer (1 right now) uses <CODE>IWorkspaceFactory2::OpenFromString <SPAN style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">which requires a live database and valid connection string.</SPAN></CODE></SPAN></P><P></P><P>2) Is there any way to get IWorkspaceName2::ConnectionString from a connection string but without having to connect to the database?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 30 Sep 2014 05:23:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/how-to-use-iworkspacename2/m-p/365048#M9609 AndyArismendi1 2014-09-30T05:23:46Z