How To: Use the IFieldEdit::AliasName Property

Summary

When creating datasets it sometimes appears that the IFieldEdit::AliasName property is being ignored.

The AliasName is only supported by ObjectClasses and FeatureClasses. The AliasName property will not work on a Shapefile or Coverage. No error will be received, the property will just never be set.

Procedure

Tables must be created as an ObjectClass rather than a simple table that is not registered with the GeoDatabase. This is done by specifying a CLSID as an "esriCore.Object" . This CLISD can be used as an argument with the CreateTable method. Following is an example of this process.

Create a UID that will designate an ObjectClass.

Dim pUID As New UID
pUID.Value = "esriCore.Object"
Use this UID with the IFeatureWorkSpace::CreateTable method for the CLSID argument.

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ArcMap 9 x
ArcMap 8 x

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Use the IFieldEdit::AliasName property

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