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Does the fGDB API support encrypted fGDBs?

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08-03-2015 08:24 AM
AndySmith
by Esri Contributor
Esri Contributor
‎08-03-2015 08:24 AM

Does the fGDB API support encrypted fGDBs? If so, at what versions?

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VinceAngelo
by Esri Esteemed Contributor
Esri Esteemed Contributor
‎08-19-2015 07:58 PM

Esri does not "encrypt" file geodatabases.  ArcObjects supports "compression" of file geodatabases, but this is merely a read-only form (which is passively readable by the 1.4 FGDB API).  ArcObjects also supports the licensing of data in file geodatabases; the FGDB API does not support this.

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BruceHarold
by Esri Regular Contributor
Esri Regular Contributor
‎08-20-2015 09:18 AM

The File Geodatabase toolset under Data Management has tools for creating licensed GDBs.

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VinceAngelo
by Esri Esteemed Contributor
Esri Esteemed Contributor
‎08-20-2015 09:26 AM

Lance told me just yesterday that the File Geodatabase API does not support licensed GDBs (Python and ArcObjects are equivalent in the context of FileGDBAPI.dll).

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BruceHarold
by Esri Regular Contributor
Esri Regular Contributor
‎08-20-2015 09:30 AM

Good to know.

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