Why does Project.Current.SetIsEditingEnabledAsync(true) not refresh data in the same way the esri_editing_ToggleEditBtn does?

[Jeff-Reinhart]

Scenario:

SDE database. Feature class registered as versioned. Traditional versioning with DEFAULT version only. Version access public. ArcGIS Pro Options | Editing | “Enable and disable from the Edit tab” = True and “Single workspace edit session” selected.

Behavior using esri_editing_ToggleEditBtn:

Two separate ArcGIS Pro instances open. Start editing in instance 1 using the Ribbon | Edit tab | Edit button (esri_editing_ToggleEditBtn). Edit attribute in feature class. Save edits and stop editing. Start editing in instance 2 using the esri_editing_ToggleEditBtn. Attributes in same feature class in instance 2 refresh with edit made in instance 1.

Behavior using SetIsEditingEnabledAsync:

Same two separate ArcGIS Pro instances open. Start editing in instance 1 using the esri_editing_ToggleEditBtn. Edit attribute in feature class. Save edits and stop editing. Start editing in instance 2 using Project.Current.SetIsEditingEnabledAsync(true). Following pattern shown here: https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-pro-sdk/wiki/ProSnippets-Editing#enable-editing-1. Attributes in feature class in instance 2 DO NOT refresh to edit made in instance 1.

Attempts to refresh otherwise:

I have tried running the following in an awaited QueuedTask prior to running SetIsEditingEnabledAsync from another awaited QueuedTask:

var connectionString = new Uri("C:\\dir\\my_sde.sde");
using var gdb = new Geodatabase(new DatabaseConnectionFile(connectionString));
using var versionManager = gdb.GetVersionManager();
using var version = versionManager.GetCurrentVersion();
version.Refresh();

If an edit session was previously started via SetIsEditingEnabledAsync, then version.Refresh() throws error: ArcGIS.Core.Data.Exceptions.GeodatabaseEditingException: 'This operation is not allowed while editing.' This occurs even after having run Project.Current.SetIsEditingEnabledAsync(false);.

Questions:

Why does Project.Current.SetIsEditingEnabledAsync(true) not refresh attributes the same way the esri_editing_ToggleEditBtn does?

What is the best way to refresh attributes when starting an edit session via Project.Current.SetIsEditingEnabledAsync(true)?

[Wolf]

I am looking at this issue, but in the meantime i think you can just use the button directly instead of setting the set enable editing API method:

// if not editing
if (!Project.Current.IsEditingEnabled)
{
  var res = MessageBox.Show("You must enable editing to use editing tools. Would you like to enable editing?",
                                                        "Enable Editing?", System.Windows.MessageBoxButton.YesNoCancel);
  if (res == System.Windows.MessageBoxResult.No ||
                res == System.Windows.MessageBoxResult.Cancel)
  {
    return;
  }
  // Project.Current.SetIsEditingEnabledAsync(true);
  // use the esri_editing_ToggleEditingBtn instead for .SetIsEditingEnabledAsync
  var damlId = "esri_editing_ToggleEditingBtn";
  IPlugInWrapper wrapper = FrameworkApplication.GetPlugInWrapper(damlId);
  var command = wrapper as ICommand;
  if ((command != null) && command.CanExecute(null))
    command.Execute(null);
}

[Jeff-Reinhart]

Thank you, that approach does solve the initial issue. Unfortunately, it creates another issue in my application. I do need the process to enable editing to complete prior to running a few other tasks, so changing from SetIsEditingEnabledAsync() is causing issues. Is there a way I can run your snippet and await a completed task? I looked at setting up ICommand to run as an async task, but that is looking pretty complicated.

[Jeff-Reinhart]

Thanks for the reply. I am aiming to look into this workaround soon.