I need to create a large number of layer files, perhaps a hundred, from lookup tables. I don't have to set the symbol patch itself, that can be random, but I do need the value and label attributes filled out.
The lookup tables look like:
"FC","VALUE_FIELD","VALUE","LABEL" "Wooded_area","CODE","1240012","Extracted" "Wooded_area","CODE","1240022","Interpreted" "Wooded_area","CODE","1240032","FCS-EOSD" "Wooded_area","CODE","1240042","Land Cover, Circa 2000 - Vector"
And the result would resemble the attached image (except the symbols themselves).
I'd prefer a python based solution, via arcobjects+python if required, C# next, but anything that works, even partially or only conceptually, is welcome.