To help anyone else that is looking, the current workspace can be found via:
IWorkspace ws = ((IDataset)ArcMap.Document.ActiveView.FocusMap.Layer[0]).Workspace;
IWorkspace workspace; IWorkspaceFactory workspacefactory; IFeatureWorkspace featureworkspace; workspacefactory = new ShapefileWorkspaceFactory(); workspace = workspacefactory.openFromFile(filePath, 0); featureworkspace = (IFeatureWorkspace) workspace;
Here is a sample for opening a shapefile. Or did you want to get the workspace from an existing layer in the map?IWorkspace workspace; IWorkspaceFactory workspacefactory; IFeatureWorkspace featureworkspace; workspacefactory = new ShapefileWorkspaceFactory(); workspace = workspacefactory.openFromFile(filePath, 0); featureworkspace = (IFeatureWorkspace) workspace;
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