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IFieldChecker.Validate Method (ArcObjects .NET 10.5 SDK)
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IFieldChecker.Validate Method

Checks the validity of a list of field names.

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Sub Validate ( _
    ByVal inputField As IFields, _
    ByRef error As IEnumFieldError, _
    ByRef fixedFields As IFields _
)

[C#]
public void Validate (
    IFields inputField,
    ref IEnumFieldError error,
    ref IFields fixedFields
);

[C++]
HRESULT Validate(
  IFields* inputField,
  IEnumFieldError** error,
  IFields** fixedFields
);

[C++]

Parameters
inputField [in]

  inputField is a parameter of type IFields
error [out]

  error is a parameter of type IEnumFieldError
fixedFields [out]

  fixedFields is a parameter of type IFields

Product Availability

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

Description

Validate sets the IFields parameter to a set of fields valid for the target data format, and sets the IEnumFieldError to contain field error codes and associated field names. The error codes are stored as a esriFieldNameErrorType. If the IEnumFieldError is returned as Nothing then no errors were found. 

See Also

IFieldChecker Interface

.NET Related Topics

Converting simple data | Creating feature classes | Creating fields | Creating tables | Geodatabase