Getting connection properties without login

[FabianPfromm]

I have a database connection file and want to get its connection properties.

The problem is that the connection properties do not include a valid username and password and I want to avoid the standard login popup to appear.

Is there any way of getting the properties, so I can add username and password from code and connect with that data?

The ultimate goal is to make my own custom login popup, so basically I want to get the properties, then add username and password from my own login window and then connect to the database.

[ColinZwicker]

Fabian,

This is a current limitation of the api, and will be addressed in the next release.

The result will be a pattern to generate a DatabaseConnectionProperties directly from a DatabaseConnecitonFile without requiring that the Geodatabase is opened.

Thank you for your question!

Colin

[ColinZwicker · Accepted solution]

Fabian,

We added a GetDatabaseConnectionProperties function in the DatabaseClient class for the ArcGIS Pro 2.1 release.

DatabaseConnectionFile connectionFile = new DatabaseConnectionFile(new Uri(@"C:\my.sde"));

DatabaseConnectionProperties expectedConnectionProperties = DatabaseClient.GetDatabaseConnectionProperties(connectionFile);

This will allow you to modify (assign a user password etc) the connection properties before using them to open a new Geodatabase. By having it available on the DatabaseClient it can be used for connections files that point to Geodatabases or DBMS's without the Geodatabase metadata.

Happy connecting!

Colin