HOW TO

Return ArcInfo coverage precision using VBA

Last Published: April 25, 2020

Summary

The IPropertySet.GetAllProperties method returns each property's value. The index of 0 contains the precision as a string.

Procedure



  1. Use an ArcInfoWorkspaceFactory object to create a pointer to the coverage's workspace.

    '++ Create a pointer to the data's workspace:
    Dim pWorkspaceFact As IWorkspaceFactory
    Set pWorkspaceFact = New ArcInfoWorkspaceFactory
    Dim pWorkspace As IWorkspace
    Set pWorkspace = pWorkspaceFact.OpenFromFile("c:\geodata\covers", 0)
    Dim pFeatureWorkspace As IFeatureWorkspace
    Set pFeatureWorkspace = pWorkspace



  2. Open the coverage as a FeatureDataset object.

    Dim pDataset As IFeatureDataset
    Set pDataset = pFeatureWorkspace.OpenFeatureDataset("covername")



  3. Reference a PropertySet interface's GetAllProperties method. Two variant variables will be populated with the property names and values, respectively.

    Code:
    Dim props As Variant
    Dim vals As Variant
    pFeatureDataset.PropertySet.GetAllProperties props, vals


    Note:
    Since a FeatureDataset object is a type of Dataset object, and a PropertySet is associated with a Dataset, the PropertySet methods are available to the FeatureDataset.


  4. Return precision from the value variable's first index position (0).

    Code:
    MsgBox pFeatureDataset.Name & " " & props(0) & ": " & vals(0)

Article ID:000002405

Software:
  • ArcMap 8 x

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