Enable ArcGIS 9.0 to recognize new images loaded into a raster catalog using the sderaster command

Summary

Instructions provided describe how to enable ArcGIS 9.0 to recognize new images loaded into a raster catalog using the sderaster command. When creating an Embedded Raster Catalog using the sderaster command, register the raster catalog with the geodatabase so the images can be viewed by ArcGIS 9.0 Double-click the Spatial Database Connection, right-click on the raster catalog and select the 'Register with Geodatabase' option.

If any additional images are inserted into the raster catalog after it has been registered with the geodatabase, by way of the sderaster command, they will not show until the entire raster catalog has been re-registered with the geodatabase.

Procedure

1. Add the additional images to the raster catalog using the 'sderaster -o insert ...' command
   
   

   Code:
   EXAMPLE : 
   sderaster -o insert -l raster_cat,image -c lz77 -G 4269 -a 0 -I bilinear -L -1 -t 128,128 -n 4_5.tif -f 4_5.tif -s buccaneers -i 5151 -u raster -p raster
   
   sderaster -o insert -l raster_cat,image -c lz77 -G 4269 -a 0 -I bilinear -L -1 -t 128,128 -n 4_6.tif -f 4_6.tif -s buccaneers -i 5151 -u raster -p raster

   
   
2. Launch ArcCatalog
   > Tools > Macros > Visual Basic Editor
   
3. Expand Normal (Normal.gxt) Project
   A. Double-Click 'ArcCatalog Objects'
   B. Select 'ThisDocument'
   C. Paste in the following VBA script:
   
   

   Code:
   Public Sub ReRegister_gdb()
   
       Dim pCatalog As esriGeoDatabase.IRasterCatalog
       Dim pCatalogHelper As esriGeoDatabase.IRasterCatalogHelper
       Dim pWs As esriGeoDatabase.IRasterWorkspaceEx
       Dim pPropertySet As esriSystem.IPropertySet
       Dim pWsFact As esriGeoDatabase.IWorkspaceFactory
       Dim sServer As String
       Dim sInstance As String
       Dim sDB As String
       Dim sUsername As String
       Dim sPassword As String
       Dim sCatalog As String
               
       sServer = InputBox("Server : ")
       sInstance = InputBox("Instance : ")
       sDB = InputBox("Database : ")
       sUsername = InputBox("Username : ")
       sPassword = InputBox("Password : ")
       sCatalog = InputBox("Specify Raster Catalog you want to re-register : ")
   
       Set pPropertySet = New esriSystem.PropertySet
       With pPropertySet
         .SetProperty "server", sServer
         .SetProperty "instance", sInstance
         .SetProperty "database", sDB
         .SetProperty "user", sUsername
         .SetProperty "password", sPassword
         .SetProperty "version", ""
       End With
       Set pWsFact = New esriDataSourcesGDB.SdeWorkspaceFactory
       Set pWs = pWsFact.Open(pPropertySet, 0)
   
       'Open raster catalog
       Set pCatalog = pWs.OpenRasterCatalog(sCatalog)
       
       'Initialize helper class
       Set pCatalogHelper = New esriGeoDatabase.RasterCatalogHelper
       
       'Update the geometry
       pCatalogHelper.UpdateFootprint pCatalog
       
       Set pCatalog = Nothing
       Set pCatalogHelper = Nothing
   
   End Sub

   
   
4. Run the script by pressing F5. Type in the correct databases parameters in the dialog boxes that appear.