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To answer my own question, this is the easiest way to convert a layer to a shapefile. protected async Task < string > ConvertShp ( string layerpath , string outpath ) { if ( ! System . IO . Directory . Exists ( outpath ) ) System . IO . Directory . CreateDirectory ( outpath ) ; var valueArray = await QueuedTask . Run ( ( ) = > { //input layers list should contain the path of each layer name, i.e. if the root node is "Mapping" and the layer name is "gs_points", path is "Mapping\\gs_points". List < string > inlayers = new List < string > ( ) ; inlayers . Add ( layerpath ) ; //outpath is just the folder to save the shapefiles in return Geoprocessing . MakeValueArray ( inlayers , outpath ) ; } ) ; // to let the GP tool run asynchronously without blocking the main thread // use the GPThread option of GPExecuteToolFlasgs // GPExecuteToolFlags flags = GPExecuteToolFlags . GPThread ; // instruct the tool run non-blocking GPThread IGPResult gpResult = await Geoprocessing . ExecuteToolAsync ( "FeatureClassToShapefile_conversion" , valueArray , null , null , null , flags ) ; return string . IsNullOrEmpty ( gpResult . ReturnValue ) ? $ @"Error in gp tool: {gpResult.ErrorMessages}" : $ @"Ok: {gpResult.ReturnValue}" ; } ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ I am still trying to figure out how to export symbology though. Meaning I need some way to enumerate through the symbol definitions for a specified feature layer. So that I can write it out in the format I need (XML). It basically looks like Geoprocessing is a wrapper for ArcPy stuff? I'm not sure how I'd do more granular modifications to the data when exporting. If I wanted to change a column name or something, seems like there is no easy way to do it.  ... View more