Hi everyone,I am writing a standalone C# application and have hit a snag using the Append command. The code below works fine if I first start ArcMap and then run the code. The problem with doing it this way is that the append command takes four or five times the amount of time to run from inside ArcMap than doing it manually in ArcToolBox and performance is of the upmost importance. If I try to run this code from outside of ArcMap, I hit a snag at line: IObjectFactory pObjectFactory = m_application as IObjectFactory because m_application is null. In the original code, I was getting a reference to it from the start up routine. Any idea how I can get a reference to m_applicaiton from outside ArcMap?Thanks,Carlos public static void AppendFeatureClasses()
{
try
{
IObjectFactory pObjectFactory = m_application as IObjectFactory;
//Delete connection file if it exists.
if (File.Exists(Scratch_Local + "gerrpsde.sde"))
File.Delete(Scratch_Local + "gerrpsde.sde");
//Create connection file.
//IPropertySet pPropertySet = new PropertySetClass();
Type propertySetType = typeof(PropertySetClass);
string typeClsID1 = propertySetType.GUID.ToString("B");
IPropertySet pPropertySet = (IPropertySet)pObjectFactory.Create(typeClsID1);
pPropertySet = GetSdePropertySet("gerrpsde", null);
Type SdeWorkspaceFactoryType = typeof(SdeWorkspaceFactoryClass);
string typeClsID2 = SdeWorkspaceFactoryType.GUID.ToString("B");
IWorkspaceFactory pWorkspaceFactory = (IWorkspaceFactory)pObjectFactory.Create(typeClsID2);
pWorkspaceFactory.Create(Scratch_Local, "gerrpsde.sde", pPropertySet, 0);
//Create App_Merge layer.
object[,] fieldsValuesArray = new object[1, 5];
fieldsValuesArray[0, 0] = "APP_NO";
fieldsValuesArray[0, 1] = esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeString;
fieldsValuesArray[0, 2] = true;
fieldsValuesArray[0, 3] = true;
fieldsValuesArray[0, 4] = 20;
IFields pFields = CreateFieldsCollection(fieldsValuesArray);
Type FileGDBWorkspaceFactoryType = typeof(FileGDBWorkspaceFactoryClass);
string typeFileGdbClsID = FileGDBWorkspaceFactoryType.GUID.ToString("B");
IWorkspaceFactory pFileGDBWorkspaceFactory = (IWorkspaceFactory)pObjectFactory.Create(typeFileGdbClsID);
IFeatureWorkspace pFeatureWorkspace = pFileGDBWorkspaceFactory.OpenFromFile(Scratch_Local + "temp.gdb", 0) as IFeatureWorkspace;
IFeatureClass pOutFeatureClass = CreateFeatureClass(pFeatureWorkspace, "App_Merge", esriFeatureType.esriFTSimple, esriGeometryType.esriGeometryPolygon, pFields, null, null, null);
// Create the layer.
Type featureLayerType = typeof(FeatureLayerClass);
string typeClsID3 = featureLayerType.GUID.ToString("B");
IFeatureLayer pFeatureLayer = (IFeatureLayer)pObjectFactory.Create(typeClsID3);
pFeatureLayer.FeatureClass = pOutFeatureClass;
// Do Append.
//UIDClass uid = new UIDClass();
Type uidType = typeof(UIDClass);
string typeClsID4 = uidType.GUID.ToString("B");
UID uid = (UID)pObjectFactory.Create(typeClsID4);
uid.Value = "esriGeoprocessingUI.ArcToolBoxExtension";
IArcToolboxExtension tbExtension = (IArcToolboxExtension)m_application.FindExtensionByCLSID(uid);
IArcToolbox toolbox = tbExtension.ArcToolbox;
IGPTool appendTool = toolbox.GetToolbyNameString("Append_management");
IArray parametersArray = appendTool.ParameterInfo;
// GP Parameter
IGPParameter parameter;
IGPParameterEdit parameterEdit;
IGPDataType dataType;
string parameterValue;
// Set first parameter (input layers).
parameter = (IGPParameter)parametersArray.get_Element(0);
dataType = parameter.DataType;
parameterEdit = (IGPParameterEdit)parameter;
parameterValue = Scratch_Local + "\\gerrpsde.sde\\RIM.PRSTF_SWM_APP_AREA;" +
Scratch_Local + "\\gerrpsde.sde\\RIM.PRSTF_ERP_APP_AREA;" +
Scratch_Local + "\\gerrpsde.sde\\RIM.PRSTF_WUP_PWS_APP_AREA;" +
Scratch_Local + "\\gerrpsde.sde\\RIM.PRSTF_WUP_DEW_APP_AREA;" +
Scratch_Local + "\\gerrpsde.sde\\RIM.PRSTF_WUP_DIV_APP_AREA;" +
Scratch_Local + "\\gerrpsde.sde\\RIM.PRSTF_WUP_APP_AREA";
parameterEdit.Value = dataType.CreateValue(parameterValue);
// Set up second parameter (output file).
parameter = (IGPParameter)parametersArray.get_Element(1);
dataType = parameter.DataType;
parameterEdit = (IGPParameterEdit)parameter;
parameterValue = Scratch_Local + "temp.gdb" + "\\" + "App_Merge";
parameterEdit.Value = dataType.CreateValue(parameterValue);
parameter = (IGPParameter)parametersArray.get_Element(2);
dataType = parameter.DataType;
parameterEdit = (IGPParameterEdit)parameter;
parameterValue = "NO_TEST";
parameterEdit.Value = dataType.CreateValue(parameterValue);
//ITrackCancel pTrackCancel = new CancelTrackerClass();
Type CancelTrackerType = typeof(CancelTrackerClass);
string typeClsID5 = CancelTrackerType.GUID.ToString("B");
ITrackCancel pTrackCancel = (ITrackCancel)pObjectFactory.Create(typeClsID5);
pTrackCancel.CancelOnClick = false;
pTrackCancel.CancelOnKeyPress = true;
Type GPEnvironmentManagerType = typeof(GPEnvironmentManagerClass);
string typeClsID6 = GPEnvironmentManagerType.GUID.ToString("B");
IGPEnvironmentManager pGPEnvironmentManager = (IGPEnvironmentManager)pObjectFactory.Create(typeClsID6);
Type IGPMessagesType = typeof(GPMessagesClass);
string typeClsID7 = IGPMessagesType.GUID.ToString("B");
IGPMessages pGPMessages = (IGPMessages)pObjectFactory.Create(typeClsID7);
// Execute the tool.
appendTool.Execute(parametersArray, pTrackCancel, pGPEnvironmentManager, pGPMessages);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
LogError(ex.StackTrace, ex.Message, "AppendFeatureClasses", null);
}
}