IWorkspaceFactory.WorkspaceDescription Property

A singular or plural description of the type of workspace the workspace factory opens/creates.

[Visual Basic 6.0]
Property WorkspaceDescription(
    ByVal plural As Boolean _
) As String

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Function get_WorkspaceDescription ( _
    ByVal plural As Boolean _
) As String

[C#]
public string get_WorkspaceDescription (
    bool plural
);

[Java]
public String getWorkspaceDescription (
    boolean plural
)

[C++]
HRESULT get_WorkspaceDescription(
  VARIANT_BOOL plural,
  BSTR* Description
);

[C++]

Parameters

plural [in]

plural is a parameter of type VARIANT_BOOL

Description [out, retval]

Description is a parameter of type BSTR

Product Availability

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

Remarks

Example return values include:

WorkspaceFactory Description
Type of workspace -> Description
ArcSDE -> Spatial Database Connection
ArcInfo -> ArcInfo Workspace
Access -> Personal Geodatabase
File -> File Geodatabase
Shapefile -> Shapefiles
SDC -> SDC Data

The plural parameter is used as a helper that will take and make the workspacefactory plural. e.g. SDE Connection will become SDE Connections.

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IWorkspaceFactory.WorkspaceDescription Property

Product Availability

Remarks

See Also