ArcGIS Developer Help  (GeoDatabase)

IMetadataEdit.CanEditMetadata Property

[Visual Basic 6.0]
Property CanEditMetadata As Boolean

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public ReadOnly Property CanEditMetadata As Boolean

[C#]
public bool CanEditMetadata {get;}

[Java]
public boolean isCanEditMetadata()
throws
    IOException,
    AutomationException

[C++]
HRESULT get_CanEditMetadata(
  VARIANT_BOOL* pCanEdit
);

[C++]

Parameters

pCanEdit [out, retval]

  pCanEdit is a parameter of type VARIANT_BOOL

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

[Visual Basic 6.0]

'The code below checks the CanEditMetadata property for the selected item in the 
'Catalog Tree view. Changing the general properties of the selected item to "Read-Only",
'available from the operating system, will also change the CanEditMetadata property.

'Copy and paste the code below into a VB editor, select an item from the 

'Catalog Tree view, and run. Make sure the metadata is supported for the selected item. 
'Note: Connections do not support metadata. 

    Dim pGxApp As IGxApplication
    Dim pGxObj As IGxObject
    Dim pMD As IMetadata
    Dim pPS As IPropertySet
    Dim pMetaEdit As IMetaDataEdit
        
    Set pGxApp = Application
    Set pGxObj = pGxApp.SelectedObject
    Set pMD = pGxObj
    Set pPS = pMD.metadata
    Set pMetaEdit = pGxObj

    bln = pMetaEdit.CanEditMetadata
    MsgBox bln