IFeatureWorkspaceManage.DeleteByName Method

Deletes an object by it's name.

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Sub DeleteByName ( _
    ByVal aName As IDatasetName _
)

[C#]
public void DeleteByName (
    IDatasetName aName
);

[C++]
HRESULT DeleteByName(
  IDatasetName* aName
);

[C++]

Parameters
aName [in]

  aName is a parameter of type IDatasetName

Product Availability

Remarks

The DeleteByName method can be used to delete a dataset given its name object. It can be useful when cleaning up partially loaded datasets that cannot be instantiated because of incomplete information. It is made use of by ArcCatalog�s delete command. Note that IDataset::Delete is directly available as a method on instantiated datasets.

The DeleteByName method will fail when called on feature classes that participate in geometric networks or topologies. In these cases, the containing dataset, a Geometric Network or Topology, must be deleted first in order to demote the feature classes from non-simple to simple.

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