I am having trouble updating the attributes in a shapefile using ArcObjects with c++ - nothing seems to get written through to the shapefile, in fact the modify dates of the files are not even updated.
If I write the equivalent code in a C# application then it works as expected. Similarly, my c++ code works fine with a file geodatabase workspace.
I have also found that in c++ if I perform the operation without setting up the enclosing edit session then it also works OK.
Any ideas as to what might be going on?
Should I not be using an edit session for shapefiles (even though this does still work in .NET)?
Thanks
Simon Olsberg
IWorkspaceFactoryPtr ipWSF;
ipWSF.CreateInstance(CLSID_ShapefileWorkspaceFactory);
IWorkspacePtr ipWorkspace;
ipWSF->OpenFromFile(CComBSTR(shapefileDirectory), 0, &ipWorkspace);
IFeatureWorkspacePtr ipFWS(ipWorkspace);
IFeatureClassPtr ipFeatureClass;
ipFWS->OpenFeatureClass(CComBSTR(shapefileName), &ipFeatureClass);
IFeaturePtr ipFeature;
ipFeatureClass->GetFeature(id, &ipFeature);
IWorkspaceEditPtr workspaceEdit(ipWorkspace);
workspaceEdit->StartEditing(false);
workspaceEdit->StartEditOperation();
ipFeature->put_Value(colIndex, CComVariant(intValue));
ipFeature->Store();
workspaceEdit->StopEditOperation();
workspaceEdit->StopEditing(true);
